Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,721, incorporated in 1908.
Campbell gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $107K, 1.9 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 924th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $43K, and 31% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Campbell, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On civic life, just 11 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Housing is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Campbell beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Campbell’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Campbell is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 3%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,972 in 1910, a peak of 14,673 in 1930, 7,852 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1899 and 4 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Campbell, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Campbell.
Campbell has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Youngstown and beyond, but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
20% of Campbell adults have diabetes. Campbell beats the Ohio average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 45% of Campbell adults have high blood pressure.
| Campbell | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Campbell | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.7% | 16.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.4% | 79.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 28.1% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Campbell City school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 622 | C |
| Memorial High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 257 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
At 1.9 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income, the typical home (about $107K) costs less against local pay than in 95% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Home values rose 75% in five years, to about $107K, against 30% across Ohio.
62% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent in Campbell. Typical home values rose 10% in the year to September 2026. Campbell’s median rent is $688 a month.
| Campbell | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 62% | 42% | 48% |
| Median rent | $688 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Roosevelt Park, at 75 acres.
| Campbell | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roosevelt Park | — | 75 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Campbell has 667 jobs for its 2,746 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Since 2013, Campbell has lost 99 jobs, to 667 in 2023. Most working residents leave Campbell for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Campbell is 22 minutes.
| Campbell | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $43,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Campbell has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 68 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Campbell. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MuseumButler Institute of American Art7 mi Park & preserveMill Creek Park
32 mi AttractionChester teapot
38 mi MuseumOld Economy Village
16 mi Theme parkCascade Park5 mi GardenFellows Riverside GardensButler Institute of American Art: Lorinda Dixon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Economy Village: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cascade Park: Pianotech, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Campbell
About 5 of every 100 Campbell residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
5 notable people were born in Campbell.
City in Ohio, United States
Campbell (; CAM-ell) is a city in eastern Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 7,852 at the 2020 census. Located directly southeast of Youngstown, it is a suburb in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Campbell was first called East Youngstown and this designation still appears on real estate deeds between 1902 and 1926, when the city was renamed for local industrialist James Campbell, then chairman of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
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3 towns share a border with Campbell.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | #924 | C− | A− | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Youngstown | #882 | C− | A− | — | C− | D− |
| Coitsville Township | — | — | B | — | C− | C |
| Struthers | #559 | B− | A | B− | B− | C |
Coitsville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Youngstown and Coitsville Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Campbell with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Campbell grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #924 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health, C+ for safety and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Campbell was incorporated in 1908 and has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 5 notable people were born here, including Betty Allen and Andy Cvercko.
