Howland CenterOH
A town of 6,266.
Is Howland Center a good place to live?
Howland Center is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 268th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 75% of Ohio towns. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 75% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $196K, 3.5 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. Only 135 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. The biggest place to walk is Howland Township Preserve, 339 acres with 1.4 miles of trail. Howland Center’s typical journey to work is 20 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
What makes Howland Center stand out
Where Howland Center beats most towns.
How Howland Center grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Howland Center is from typical.
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Moving to Howland Center: who provides what
Howland Center is unincorporated, so Trumbull County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Howland Center.
Howland Center trades workers with Warren and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of Ohio.
Open space protected for good: 2% of Howland Center
Howland Center has 2 parks and preserves, 401 acres in all. For Howland Center, the trail density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Howland Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Howland Township Preserve | 1.4 mi | 339 |
| 2. Howland Township Park | 0.6 mi | 62 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazards: very low risk in Howland Center, mostly inland flooding
64% of Howland Center’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 15%. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out here.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Howland Center earns a B+ for health
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 5,151 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
15% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Howland Center. The town does better than the Ohio average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Among adults here, 31% feel lonely and 12% smoke cigarettes.
| Howland Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Howland Center | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 14.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.2% | 15.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Howland Center
In Howland Center, the July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Howland Center’s workers leave town for work
Howland Center has about as many jobs (2,327) as working residents, but only 164 people both live and work here.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles. Howland Center: 7% of residents live below the poverty line. Jobs in Howland Center grew by 163 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,327. The top destinations are Warren (12%), Youngstown (9%) and Niles (6%).
| Howland Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Howland Center looks like Ohio by age
Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Ohio average. The share of adults 25 and older in Howland Center who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 35%. The town’s age of the median resident comes in at 42 years.
| Howland Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 42 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Howland Center | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.9% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.3% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.3% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median home in Howland Center sells for about $248K
Homes sold in Howland Center spent a median 41 days on the market. Bidding over the asking price: a quarter of homes sold locally. For households here, the share who are owner-occupiers is 78%.
| Howland Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 78% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,116 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cuyahoga Valley National Park and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Howland Center. Close and well known come first.
39 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
33 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
11 mi MuseumButler Institute of American Art
35 mi Theme parkConneaut Lake Park15 mi Park & preserveMill Creek Park
38 mi GardenHolden ArboretumPhoto credits
Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · SeaWorld 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 · Holden Arboretum: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Howland Center
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Howland Center
About 6 of every 100 Howland Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Howland Center
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Howland Center, also referred to as simply Howland, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in south-central Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,351 at the 2020 census. A suburb consisting of unincorporated urban portions of Howland Township, it is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 892 ft
Howland Center’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Howland Center.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howland Center | #268 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Howland Township | #688 | C+ | C | — | A− | C |
| Warren | #923 | C− | B+ | — | C | D− |
Howland Center, Howland Township and Warren report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Howland Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Howland Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Howland Center, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Howland Center grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #268 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools.
Is Howland Center, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $196,000, 20% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.