214 years in pictures
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2007.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1812Kinsman Township is settled
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Kinsman Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living, an A+ for history, and an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. Kinsman Township’s average trip to work is 40 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 17% of the land in Kinsman Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On history, just 89 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Shenango Wildlife Area, at 990 acres. Kinsman Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Kinsman Township beats most towns.
Congregational-Presbyterian ChurchWhere Kinsman Township’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 Kinsman Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2007.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kinsman Township, 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 Kinsman Township.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsman Amish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 16 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Kinsman Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 16% of adults have diabetes in Kinsman Township.
| Kinsman Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Kinsman Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82% | 79.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.7% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Kinsman Township for work: only 12% work in town. 4.2% of Kinsman Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Kinsman Township fell to 407 in 2023, 51 fewer than in 2013.
| Kinsman Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
3.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shenango Wildlife Area | — | 990 |
| 2. Kinsman Twp. Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Kinsman Greenspace | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kinsman Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Kinsman Township is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Kinsman Township home is worth about $213,000, up 7.4% in a year, 13% below the Ohio typical home. Kinsman Township’s median rent is $788 a month.
| Kinsman Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $788 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kinsman Township
About 2 of every 100 Kinsman Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
4 places in Kinsman Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Kinsman Township.
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Kinsman (also known as Kinsman Center) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 574 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. It lies at the intersection of State Route 5 and State Route 7 between Williamsfield and Burghill. Kinsman has a post office with the ZIP code 44428; as well as a library, the Kinsman Free Public Library.
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5 towns share a border with Kinsman Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsman Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Gustavus Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vernon Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C− |
| Williamsfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | D |
Kinsman Township, Vernon Township and Williamsfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kinsman Township, Vernon Township and Williamsfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Gustavus Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kinsman Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($56,713 across the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro 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−.
4 notable people were born here, including Dudley Peter Allen and Arminta Victoria Scott Haensler.