Best PlacesYoungtown, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Youngtown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Youngtown ranks 21,427th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Youngtown
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.
Youngtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Youngtown ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
Where Youngtown ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Youngtown
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Youngtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,060, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Youngtown's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Youngtown
Youngtown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Youngtown.
Who works in Youngtown, and how
Work in Youngtown centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Youngtown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Youngtown.
What the weather is like in Youngtown, month by month
Youngtown sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 57° | 43° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 60° |
| July | 108° | 99° | 87° |
| October | 89° | 79° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Youngtown
Phoenix Sky Harbor International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.2 million passengers in 2025, with 177 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Youngtown
Schools across Youngtown average a B−, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peoria Traditional SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Luke Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Country Meadows Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Raymond S. KellisC · 31% proficient
- Valley Vista High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Dysart High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Youngtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Youngtown 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 Youngtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Youngtown
Is Youngtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Youngtown ranks 21,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and low disaster risk, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Youngtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,361. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $67,060 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Youngtown safe?
Youngtown is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Youngtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Youngtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Youngtown 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.
Youngtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Youngtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Youngtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Youngtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Youngtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Youngtown 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.
- 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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