Best PlacesTrumbull County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Trumbull County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Trumbull County ranks 1,603rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on childcare costs and a weak job market. It does better on cheap car insurance, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Trumbull County
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Trumbull County
The parts of Trumbull County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Fowler & Vienna
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more residents vote.
Cortland
Schools score higher, though fewer households have young kids.
Girard, Hubbard & Youngstown
More adults hold degrees, though it is noisier.
Masury & Brookfield
Tree cover is thicker and health care is easier to reach.
Newton Falls & Lordstown
Fewer homes sit empty, though biking is worse.
Niles, McDonald & Mineral Ridge
Advertised internet is faster.
Warren
Commutes are shorter, though crime runs higher.
Southington, West Farmington & Bristolville
Streets are more car-dependent.
Leavittsburg
Prices have run up more and disaster risk is higher.
Trumbull County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 1% of the country and others in the top 5%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Trumbull County's strengths and weaknesses
Trumbull County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Cheap car insurance, transit, and good schools carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Childcare costs, a weak job market, and property taxes hold the score down. Cost swings more from one part of Trumbull County to another than it does between Trumbull County and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Trumbull County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of counties
- TransitBetter than 84% of counties
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of counties
Where Trumbull County ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 8% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 25% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Trumbull County
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trumbull County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,866, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Trumbull County's effective rate of 1.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Trumbull County
Trumbull County runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Trumbull County.
Who works in Trumbull County, and how
Work in Trumbull County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Trumbull County
Trumbull County has more late-night spots per resident than 75% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Trumbull County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Trumbull County growing, and who is moving in?
Trumbull County has lost about 2% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Youngstown, OH metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Trumbull County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Trumbull County, month by month
Trumbull County sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Trumbull County
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trumbull County
Schools across Trumbull County average a B+, better than 82% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Seaborn Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeview Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Champion Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Jackson-milton Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Maplewood High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Lakeview High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Champion High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trumbull County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trumbull County measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Trumbull County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Trumbull County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Trumbull County
Is Trumbull County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trumbull County ranks 1,603rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, transit, and good schools, and lowest on childcare costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trumbull County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,490. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $60,866 median income, cost of living beats 30% of counties.
Is Trumbull County safe?
Trumbull County is safer than 33% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Trumbull County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 21. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Trumbull County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Fowler & Vienna, Cortland, and Girard, Hubbard & Youngstown. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Trumbull County good for families?
Schools beat 82% of counties, crime safety beats 33%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Is Trumbull County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 30% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 75% of counties. About 8% of workers already work from home.
Compare Trumbull County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trumbull County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trumbull County represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Trumbull County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trumbull County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trumbull County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trumbull County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trumbull County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trumbull County detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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