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Southington Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $238K, 4.2 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades B− overall, 601st among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. Southington Township has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Southington Township School and Southington Township School (Boundary Increase). Among 954 Ohio towns, just 8 have a lower median rent than Southington Township.
Where Southington Township beats most towns.
Southington Township SchoolWhere Southington 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 Southington Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 86% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 1%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 maps from 1905 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Southington 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 Southington Township.
Southington Township sends most of its workers to Warren and beyond, but it has little public open land.
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Southington Township, above both Ohio’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (14%). 19% of adults report frequent mental distress in Southington Township. Southington Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| Southington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Southington Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.2% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Southington Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southington Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 206 | B |
| Chalker High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 127 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Southington Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Southington Township has 217 jobs for its 1,485 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Southington Township for work: only 6% work in town. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Southington Township, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Southington Township has lost 40 jobs, to 217 in 2023.
| Southington Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Southington Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Southington Township’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
91% of Southington Township households own their home. Typical home values rose 5.1% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 353 of its 16,893 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Southington Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Southington Township Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Southington Township
About 2 of every 100 Southington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 places in Southington Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States
Southington is an unincorporated community in central Southington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 422 with State Route 305 and has a post office with the ZIP code 44470. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Southington Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southington Township | #601 | B− | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Braceville Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Champion Township | #426 | B | B− | A− | A | D |
| Farmington Township | #886 | C− | C+ | — | B+ | D |
| Nelson Township | #135 | A | A | — | B | C+ |
Braceville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Southington Township, Braceville Township, Farmington Township and Nelson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Southington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Southington Township grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #601 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability 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−.
