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Columbus vs Youngstown

Columbus, OH compared with Youngstown, OH · 145 miles apart

Columbus has 938,396 residents to Youngstown’s 58,832. Columbus comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Youngstown does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Columbus, OH Youngstown, OH
Population 938,396 58,832
Density (per sq mi) 4,228 1,734
Median household income $66,082 $34,408
Median home value $252,900 $63,300
Median rent $1,295 $728
Homeownership 44.1% 56.2%
Average commute 21.5 min 20.3 min
Median age 33.2 37.5
Bachelor's degree + 38.2% 15.5%
Poverty rate 18.1% 37.3%
Unemployment 5.1% 11.9%
Price to income 3.8× 1.8×
Clear days a year 21 17
Days above 90°F 10 4

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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