Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Girard gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $154K, 2.7 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 706th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 87% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 20% of residents live below the poverty line in Girard, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Henry II Barnhisel House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Girard is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
Where Girard beats most towns.
Henry II Barnhisel HouseWhere Girard’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 Girard is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,630 in 1900, a peak of 14,119 in 1970, 9,603 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1913 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Girard, 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 Girard.
Girard is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has home values climbing faster than Ohio’s.
Against the 6,658 U.S. towns with household incomes like Girard’s, it is less healthy than 72%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
15% of adults have diabetes in Girard. Girard beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Girard.
| Girard | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Girard | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.4% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.2% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Home values rose 47% in five years, to about $154K, against 30% across Ohio. The median property tax bill is $1,371, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Typical home values rose 6.5% in the year to September 2026. Girard’s median rent is $769 a month.
| Girard | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $769 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Girard for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Girard is 18 minutes. Since 2013, Girard has lost 294 jobs, to 2,243 in 2023.
| Girard | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Girard.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.4 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is David Tod Memorial Park, at 59 acres.
| Girard | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Girard-Liberty Park | 0.6 mi | 27 |
| 2. David Tod Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 59 |
| 3. Little Girard Creek Conservation Park | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Girard has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, 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 Girard. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
5 mi MuseumButler Institute of American Art9 mi Park & preserveMill Creek Park
38 mi Theme parkConneaut Lake Park
39 mi AttractionChester teapot
23 mi Theme parkCascade ParkSeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · Butler Institute of American Art: Lorinda Dixon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Conneaut Lake Park: daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0 · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cascade Park: Pianotech, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Girard
About 5 of every 100 Girard residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
5 notable people were born in Girard.
City in Ohio, United States
Girard is a city in southern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 9,603 at the 2020 census. Located directly north of Youngstown, it is a suburb in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.
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6 towns share a border with Girard.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | #706 | C+ | A− | C+ | B− | D |
| Liberty Township | #842 | C | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Youngstown | #882 | C− | A− | — | C− | D− |
| McKinley Heights | — | — | C | — | C+ | C |
| Weathersfield Township | #765 | C+ | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| McDonald | #81 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Vienna Township | #275 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | B− |
McKinley Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Youngstown, McKinley Heights, McDonald and Vienna Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Girard with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Girard grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #706 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health, C+ for safety and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
5 notable people were born here, including Kathleen Bradley and Delos Drake.
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