Moving to Youngstown, Ohio

About Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown

Youngstown is a city in and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 60,068, making it the eleventh-most populous city in Ohio. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which had 430,591 residents in 2020 and is the seventh-largest metro area in Ohio. Youngstown is situated on the Mahoning River in Northeast Ohio, 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Cleveland and 61 miles (100 km) northwest of Pittsburgh.

Youngstown is a midwestern city located at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The city was named for John Young, an early settler from Whitestown, New York, who established the community's first sawmill and gristmill. It was an early industrial city of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and became known as a center of steel production. With the movement of jobs offshore as the steel industry in the United States fell into decline in the 1970s, the city became exemplary of the Rust Belt. Youngstown has seen declines in population of nearly 65 percent within its city limits and about 15 percent in the metro area since 1960.

Downtown Youngstown has seen various revitalization efforts in the 21st century, including the Covelli Centre and Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre. Other notable institutions in the city include the Butler Institute of American Art, Mill Creek Park, Stambaugh Auditorium, and Youngstown State University. Youngstown's first new downtown hotel since 1974—the DoubleTree by Hilton—opened in 2018 in the historic Stambaugh Building, adapted for this use.

Gender
Gender Youngstown Ohio Country
Female 50.3% 51% 50.8%
Male 49.7% 49% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Youngstown Ohio Country
Less than $10,000 17.1% 6.6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 10.5% 4.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 15.6% 9.5% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 12.8% 9.6% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 16.2% 13.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 14.6% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 7% 13% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 4.5% 14.4% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 0.9% 5.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 0.79999999999999% 5.2% 8.3%
Education


Education Youngstown Ohio Country
< 9th Grade 6% 2% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 11% 7% 7.0%
High School or GED 40% 33% 27.0%
Other College 22% 20% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 11% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 3% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 0% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Youngstown Ohio Country
White 42.8% 78.3% 60.1%
African American 39.8% 12.2% 12.2%
American Indian 0.2% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 0.6% 2.3% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 5.5% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 10.9% 3.9% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity