Youngstown, OH
Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Youngstown ranks 285th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 285th for income. A household earns $57,812 a year while median rent runs $838/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 13% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is rent (6th of 300), while household income is the soft spot (285th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 6th and home prices 14th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Youngstown, your take-home is worth about $68,617 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 285th of 300↑19.1%$57,812
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 21st of 30087 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $66,151
- Per-capita income
- $34,010
- Full-time pay
- $40,630
Housing
- Median rent
- 6th of 300↑24.1%$838/mo
- Home value
- 14th of 300↑53.2%$166,800
- Property tax
- $2,023/yr · 1.2%
- Sales tax
- 7.23%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 198th of 3004.9%
- Bachelor's+
- 243rd of 30025.7%
- Avg commute
- 136th of 30023.8 min
People
- Population
- 426,086
- Population change
- -20.5%
- Median age
- 43.2 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 2.1%
- Broadband
- 88.6%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 153rd of 30046
- Natural-hazard loss
- 11th of 300$7/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 200th of 30020.1%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Hazard safety
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Education
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — youngstown-warren rgnl ap.
What jobs pay in Youngstown
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $278,330
- Pharmacists
- $139,410
- IT managers
- $125,760
- Financial managers
- $119,240
- Software developers
- $107,990
- Lawyers
- $101,250
- Civil engineers
- $91,320
- General & operations managers
- $80,050
- Registered nurses
- $78,680
- Secondary school teachers
- $74,720
- Accountants & auditors
- $73,080
- Elementary school teachers
- $72,560
- Plumbers
- $59,680
- Electricians
- $59,570
- Police officers
- $59,310
- Carpenters
- $56,970
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $56,810
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $48,770
- Construction laborers
- $48,580
- Customer service reps
- $37,970
- Janitors
- $33,930
- Waiters & waitresses
- $33,910
- Retail salespersons
- $29,080
- Cashiers
- $28,140
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Youngstown metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Ohio are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Pennsylvania1,666
- Florida863
- Maryland352
- New York295
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Youngstown metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Youngstown metro?
- Median gross rent across the Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area is $838 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Youngstown.
- What is the median household income in the Youngstown metro?
- A typical household in the Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area earns $57,812 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Youngstown expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area runs about 13% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Youngstown metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $66,151 (versus its face value of $57,812). CityLedger rates the Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Youngstown metro?
- The median home value across the Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area is $166,800 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Youngstown metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area is 4.9% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).