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A town of 3,303, settled in 1857.
Lordstown gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $252K for a typical one, or 4.4 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 405th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 82% of the state's. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Only 45 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on hazard risk. Almon G. McCorkle House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lordstown beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lordstown Elementary School | K–6 | 210 |
| Lordstown High School | 7–12 | 173 |
Where Lordstown’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 Lordstown is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 2%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,280 in 1980, 3,332 in 2020. The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lordstown, 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 Lordstown.
Lordstown pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and draws workers from Warren and beyond, but it has little public open land.
4,698 jobs are based in Lordstown, 3.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 7,458 in 2013 to 4,698.
In Lordstown, 12% of working residents work locally, above both Ohio’s towns (6.8%) and U.S. towns (8%). Jobs locally fell by 2,760 from 2013 to 2023, to 4,698. The top destinations are Youngstown (8%), Warren (7%) and Jackson Township (5%). The middle household income locally is $66,000.
| Lordstown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $252K.
Public schools: the Lordstown Local school district. Its two schools are below. 2 public schools serve Lordstown, with 383 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lordstown Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 210 | A |
| Lordstown High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 173 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Lordstown’s FEMA risk score is 5 of 100, where Ohio’s towns sit at 23 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 60% come from inland flooding and 16% from tornadoes. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1993: 2.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among adults in Lordstown, 40% have high blood pressure and 15% binge drink. Of 32 CDC measures, Lordstown beats the Ohio average on 1 and trails it on 5. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes here.
| Lordstown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lordstown | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.5% | 79.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.8% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lordstown’s level of violent crime stands at 2.1 per 1,000 residents. In Lordstown, the property crime rate is 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Lordstown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On the market in Lordstown: a median 34 days to sell. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 7.3%. Sellers in Lordstown got 100.7% of the asking price, typically.
| Lordstown | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $985 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 44 of its 14,770 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Lordstown itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
The biggest park or preserve is Central Park, at 20 acres. Walkers can cover 0.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Park | 0.4 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lordstown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
33 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
29 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
37 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
37 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
36 mi TheatreBlossom Music CenterPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · SeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blossom Music Center: Slh1078, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lordstown
About 3 of every 100 Lordstown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
5 towns share a border with Lordstown.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Austintown Township (B−) comes closest. Warren Township next door grades lower for schools (C to Lordstown’s A−) and higher for cost of living (A to B).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lordstown | #405 | B+ | B | B+ | A− | C |
| Weathersfield Township | #765 | C+ | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| Newton Township | #773 | C | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Warren Township | #877 | C− | A | — | C | D− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | C | — | A | C− |
| Austintown Township | #563 | B− | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
Jackson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Newton Township, Warren Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lordstown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lordstown grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #405 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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