Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Youngstown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole. 96 jobs are based in Youngstown for 854 working residents. Youngstown grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Youngstown in brief
Jobs & income in Youngstown: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Youngstown is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Youngstown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Youngstown could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Youngstown
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Youngstown on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Lewiston
Where Youngstown clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Youngstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Youngstown, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 96. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Youngstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Youngstown’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Youngstown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 770 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Youngstown
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Youngstown, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Youngstown is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 820 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Youngstown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Youngstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Youngstown is 1,071st among 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,069 | Ida Township MN | 1,432 | $103K | 2.7% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,070 | South Bend Township MN | 1,550 | $88K | 5.3% | 3.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,071 | Youngstown NY | 1,822 | $81K | 5.3% | 4.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,072 | Claremont NC | 1,790 | $67K | 7.0% | 1.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,073 | Walton Township MI | 2,201 | $89K | 6.4% | 5.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Youngstown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Youngstown
The biggest share goes to Porter (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Youngstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $81,369 |
| Porter | 5% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $77,931 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Youngstown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Youngstown: questions
What is the median household income in Youngstown?
$81,369 (±$16,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Youngstown?
5.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Youngstown?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Youngstown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (18%, 6 mi), Niagara Falls (14%, 11 mi), Buffalo (13%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Youngstown walkable?
Youngstown is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Youngstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Youngstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Youngstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.