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Struthers gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $134K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades B− overall, 559th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. On the plus side, 5% of its land is conserved. Struthers’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Ohio’s towns (0.2) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 121 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Yellow Creek Park, at 103 acres with 2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Struthers beats most towns.
5.1% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Struthers is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,370 in 1910, a peak of 15,631 in 1960, 10,063 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1899 and 4 maps from 1906 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Struthers, 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 Struthers.
Struthers is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has seen reported crime fall beyond ordinary swings.
4.2 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Yellow Creek Park | 2 mi | 103 |
| 2. Bob Cene Field | — | 20 |
| 3. Mickler Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Struthers City school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Struthers High School, with 438 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Struthers Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 656 | C+ |
| Struthers High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 438 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
At 2.4 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income, the typical home (about $134K) costs less against local pay than in 81% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. Home values rose 58% in five years, to about $134K, against 30% across Ohio.
Typical home values rose 6% in the year to September 2026. Struthers’ median rent is $850 a month, against $944 a month in Ohio’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns.
| Struthers | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $850 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Struthers for work: only 9% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Struthers. Since 2013, Struthers has lost 246 jobs, to 1,982 in 2023.
| Struthers | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 6,930 U.S. towns with household incomes like Struthers’s, it is healthier than 63%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Struthers beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of Struthers adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Struthers | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Struthers | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with arthritis | 32.8% | 29.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Struthers has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 131 to 120 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Struthers. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumButler Institute of American Art
30 mi AttractionChester teapot
37 mi MuseumOld Economy Village
15 mi Theme parkCascade Park5 mi GardenFellows Riverside GardensButler Institute of American Art: Lorinda Dixon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Economy Village: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cascade Park: Pianotech, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Struthers
About 4 of every 100 Struthers residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Struthers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Ohio, United States
Struthers is a city in eastern Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 10,063 at the 2020 census. Located directly southeast of Youngstown, it is a suburb in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Struthers.
Poland Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Struthers’s B−) and lower for cost of living (C to A).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Struthers | #559 | B− | A | B− | B− | C |
| Poland Township | #192 | A− | C | A− | A | B− |
| Lowellville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coitsville Township | — | — | B | — | C− | C |
| Campbell | #924 | C− | A− | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Youngstown | #882 | C− | A− | — | C− | D− |
Coitsville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Coitsville Township and Youngstown report no FBI crime data of their own. Lowellville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Struthers with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Struthers grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #559 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health, B− for safety and B− for schools.
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.
