Boardman Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 40,213 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb directly south of Youngstown and the second-largest municipality in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Home to Southern Park Mall, Boardman is a major retail hub in the region and is known for being the location of the first Arby's restaurant.

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How Boardman ranks

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#172Cheapest rent in OH #254Most educated in OH #247Highest graduation rate in OH All OH rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code44512–44513

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Living in Boardman

Housing in Boardman

$203K▲ 5.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Boardman home is worth about $203,000, up 5.1% in a year, 18% below the Ohio typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market20

Sale-to-list100.4%

Sold in May29

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Safety in Boardman

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Safety Grade C-

Boardman reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 81% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

Boardman 1.5

Ohio 2.9

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Boardman 29.4

Ohio 14.7

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Boardman

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School Grade A-

The public schools Boardman’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#231Best public schoolsof 621 in OH

DistrictBoardman LocalSchools10

West Boulevard Elementary School AElementary · Grades K–3 · 417 students Stadium Drive Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades K–3 · 378 students Robinwood Lane Elementary School BElementary · Grades K–3 · 344 students Paul C Bunn Elementary School DElementary · Grades K–5 · 311 students St. Charles Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 264 students St. Charles Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 264 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within OH. Ratings are from neighbors.

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