Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety28#665/924
Economy9#840/925
Housing57#397/925
Health20#740/925
Healthcare76#220/923
Environment27#668/917
Education46#502/925
Infrastructure38#570/925
Community60#367/925
Leisure & amenities54#430/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low1%
95/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Cost of buying a home today · low24.6%
89/100Ohio 27.2%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Traffic deaths · low9.9 /100k
82/100Ohio 10.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Hot days · low7 days
80/100Ohio 11 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.0 /10k
80/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.6×
79/100Ohio 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high47.2%
1/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-2.7%
9/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Unemployment rate · high5.6%
9/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Child poverty rate · high27.2%
11/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Injury deaths · high127 /100k
11/100Ohio 104 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high28.6 /100k
12/100Ohio 18.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
66.1% (2010 & 2021) → 82.3% (2022 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
63.0 /100k (2021) → 28.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
39.0% (2020 & 2021) → 47.2% (2023 & 2024)
+8.2 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 86.3% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
8.7 /1k (2020) → 12.1 /1k (2025)
+39%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
8% (2021) → 1% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−7.6 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area improved on 11 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 8 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−4.3 points9.9% → 5.6%
Overdose deaths−52%59.8 /100k → 28.6 /100k
Firearm deaths−20%22.3 /100k → 17.8 /100k
Real income+35%$47,101 → $63,621
Homicides−47%11.9 /100k → 6.3 /100k

Declined6

Poverty+1.1 points16.7% → 17.8%
Libraries−6.2%0.7 /10k → 0.7 /10k
Restaurants−5.3%8.8 /10k → 8.3 /10k
Pharmacies−17%2.5 /10k → 2.1 /10k
Traffic deaths+17%8.4 /100k → 9.9 /100k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	+10%	Improved	54%
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	22.9 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	37%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+8 points	Improved	39%
Child poverty rate	27.1%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Distance to an airport	50 mi2020	50 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	20%
Drug overdose deaths	59.8 /100k2020	28.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−52%	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	1.49%2015-2019	1.31%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	69%
Firearm deaths	22.3 /100k2020	17.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−20%	Improved	83%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+0%	Little change	51%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+9.9%	Improved	58%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	61%
Homicide rate	11.9 /100k2020	6.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−47%	Improved	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,1012019	$63,6212024	+35%	Improved	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4582015-2019	0.4652020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	34%
Median household income	$47,3602015-2019	$56,7132020-2024	+20%	Improved	13%
New business applications	8.7 /1k2020	12.1 /1k2025	+39%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	28%
Poverty rate	16.7%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Declined	11%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−6.2%	Declined	20%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	29.2%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	48.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−5.3%	Declined	25%
Suicide rate	16.7 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.6%	Little change	55%
Traffic deaths	8.4 /100k2015-2019	9.9 /100k2020-2024	+17%	Declined	31%
Unemployment rate	9.9%2020	5.6%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.1%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

427,420 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

184,615 households (±952)

Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area
United States share

Under $25k22%40,180
$25k–50k22%41,433
$50k–75k18%33,670

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

184,615 households (±952)

Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area
United States share

Own71%130,607
Rent29%54,008

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

182,880 workers (±2,057)

Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area
United States share

Drive alone80%146,200
Carpool8.0%14,554
Public transit0.9%1,588

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Youngstown-Warren, OH employ 41,480 people. 1 pay a median above the US median and 9 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Youngstown-Warren, OH by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers6,460 jobs	6,460	$26,950US $31,200	−14%	1.63×
Retail Salespersons4,870 jobs	4,870	$29,080US $35,410	−18%	1.21×
General and Operations Managers4,480 jobs	4,480	$80,050US $105,770	−24%	1.24×
Cashiers4,290 jobs	4,290	$28,140US $32,880	−14%	1.35×
Registered Nurses4,090 jobs	4,090	$78,680US $97,550	−19%	1.18×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand4,040 jobs	4,040	$41,540US $40,240	+3%	1.33×
Stockers and Order Fillers3,890 jobs	3,890	$33,520US $37,330	−10%	1.33×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides3,840 jobs	3,840	$31,330US $35,800	−12%	0.87×
Office Clerks, General2,780 jobs	2,780	$40,110US $45,010	−11%	1.1×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers2,740 jobs	2,740	$56,810US $58,640	−3%	1.29×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Youngstown-Warren, OH.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Youngstown-Warren, OH has 9,191 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), with 139,977 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,762. The Census Bureau also counts 32,698 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,191; 32,698 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 216; US 248
Paid employees: 139,977
Average annual pay: $48,762; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Youngstown-Warren, OH by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	855	20.1	0.96×About typical	10,458	$62,203	1,809
Restaurants and other eating places	787	18.5	1.01×About typical	15,610	$18,200	171
Specialty trade contractors	566	13.3	0.86×About typical	5,270	$80,104	2,822
Limited-service restaurants	421	9.9	1.23×About typical	7,643	$17,262	71
Religious organizations	358	8.4	1.52×More than typical	2,391	$21,776	—
Full-service restaurants	290	6.8	0.89×About typical	6,827	$19,206	61
Lessors of real estate	281	6.6	0.54×Fewer than typical	1,067	$35,361	2,806
Services to buildings and dwellings	277	6.5	0.97×About typical	1,493	$35,887	1,976
Offices of other health practitioners	257	6	0.99×About typical	1,717	$40,256	621
Offices of physicians	246	5.8	0.89×About typical	3,653	$97,740	283
Automotive repair and maintenance	206	4.8	0.96×About typical	1,134	$42,018	468
Truck transportation	198	4.7	0.92×About typical	2,928	$67,805	668

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 425,541 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $18.1M on contracts performed in Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area: $42.61 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18.1M; −57% vs FY2025
Per resident: $42.61; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$7M39%
Defense Logistics Agency$4.9M27%
Department of the Army$2.6M14%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2.3M13%
Public Buildings Service$1M5.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$48.5K0.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$45.3K0.3%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$43K0.2%

Top recipients

CRITERION CORPORATION$5M27%
VALLEY FOODS INC$4.2M23%
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ASSOCIATION, INC.$2.1M12%
U.S. MATERIALS HANDLING CORPORATION$928.9K5.1%
DAWN INCORPORATED$867.1K4.8%

Spending by fiscal year

46.8MFY2017
43.6MFY2018
31.7MFY2019
23.3MFY2020
26.5MFY2021
21.7MFY2022
31.4MFY2023
35.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$5.3M29%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$4.2M23%
Other residential care facilities · 6239$1.9M10%
Rubber product manufacturing · 3262$1.3M7.0%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1M5.7%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$958.8K5.3%

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FIRE STATION, LOCATED AT YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE BASE, OH$15.7M
QBS INC· Trumbull County, OH· Construction & real property· Jul 2, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025· W912QR25CA013
YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, OHIO RELOCATE AND CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN GATE$11.6M
MIKE COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.· Trumbull County, OH· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2023 – Jun 10, 2026· W912QR23C0032
BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT (BOS) SERVICES AT YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION (YARS), OHIO. CONTRACT YEAR III$5M
CRITERION CORPORATION· Trumbull County, OH· Professional services· Feb 18, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· FA665626F0004
SEWER TREATMENT PLANT REPLACEMENT AT BERLIN LAKE, BERLIN CENTER, OHIO.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area: $6,963 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3B; −3.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,963; US $12,955
Loan face value: $86M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.8B63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$282M9.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$234M7.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$214M7.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$125.7M4.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$23.4M0.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$23M0.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$22.4M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$68.1M2.3%
COLUMBUS, OH
YOUNGSTOWN METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$22.9M0.8%
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY$20.9M0.7%
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
TRUMBULL METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$16.4M0.6%
WARREN, OH
ALTA CARE GROUP, INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.5B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$250.6M8.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$68.9M2.3%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$39.1M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2.7BFY2021
2.6BFY2022
2.7BFY2023
2.9BFY2024
3.1BFY2025
3BFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Youngstown-Warren, OH

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Ohio

Areas based in Ohio, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Youngstown-Warren, OH

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Ohio

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought