Youngstown-Warren Economic Dashboard

YoungstownThe Youngstown-Warren-Boardman MSA ranked in the lowest quadrants for all of the four broad performance measures.  It did the best in Per Capita Income with a rank of 122.

 

Rank of Factors by Annual Percent Change, 2003 - 2006
Employment GMP PCI Productivity
-0.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.4%

 

Rank of Factors by Annual Percent Change, 1996 - 2006
Employment GMP PCI Productivity
-0.3%
-0.3%
0.8%
-0.7%

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Details

The table below shows how the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman MSA fared for each of the underlying drivers in 2000, 2005 and in 2006. The table shows Youngstown-Warren-Boardman's rank among the 136 metro areas in the study.

As in the case of the indicators above, the Youngstown metro area ranked near the bottom for most factors. (Legacy of Place is a negative factor, so the high ranking is not positive news.) There was only the slightest of improvement in Locational Amenities and Urban/Metro Structure while all other indicators fell

Factors and Variables Youngstown-Warren-Boardman MSA
2000 2005 2006
Value
Rank
Value
Rank
Value
Rank
Skilled Workforce & R&D
128
129
127
pct. of population in professional occupations
26.1
133
26.5
130
27.5
123
pct. of population with graduate or professional degree
5.3
127
5.6
128
5.6
128
pct. of population with bachelor's degree
11.0
125
11.7
129
11.9
128
industry R&D per employee
57.4
132
50.6
132
50.5
133
SBIR & STTR awards per employee
0.00
136
0.00
136
0.00
136
population dependency
0.41
119
0.39
111
0.39
114
university R&D per employee
2.6
84
4.5
79
6.3
104
Technology Commercialization
125
134
133
venture capital per employee
39.5
96
5.0
87
26.3
61
number of patents per employee
0.392
88
0.307
96
0.310
93
cost of living
90.0
126
83.8
132
82.6
132
Racial Inclusion & Income Equality
81
105
84
pct. of Black population
10.6
84
10.5
81
10.7
82
isolation index for Black population
0.65
114
0.53
123
0.51
121
income inequality
5.5
48
7.1
110
5.5
43
students at schools with more than 70% free lunches
0.153
98
0.091
99
0.096
97
violent crime rate
348.4
33
323.4
30
335.4
29
Urban Assimilation
130
127
136
pct. of Hispanic population
1.7
117
1.9
122
1.9
124
share of minority business employment (in total emp)
0.012
107
0.012
107
0.012
107
pct. of foreign-born population
2.0
129
1.7
134
1.8
132
productivity in information sector
97.4
99
161.6
70
97.4
133
pct. of Asian population
0.4
136
0.5
136
0.5
136
Legacy of Place
6
7
4
business churning
0.161
128
0.158
128
0.153
135
climate
8
128
8
128
8
128
pct. of houses built before 1940
23.6
117
22.4
111
24.5
118
dissimilarity index for Black population
0.77
130
0.73
126
0.72
130
city poverty ratio
2.16
111
2.03
107
2.15
120
No. of government units per capita
2.504
113
2.504
113
2.573
117
share of manufacturing employment
0.20
124
0.21
129
0.16
123
Business Dynamics
104
123
107
business openings over business closings
0.98
104
1.00
123
1.08
107
Individual Entrepreneurship
87
74
72
pct. of self employed (all industries except ag & mining)
0.080
99
0.088
113
0.091
91
share of business establishments with under 20 workers
0.849
70
0.853
51
0.853
54
Locational Amenities
114
74
113
transportation index (Almanac)
49.0
109
34.0
98
30.0
115
arts index (Almanac)
21.8
124
65.0
70
63.0
90
recreation index (Almanac)
73.7
64
63.0
61
53.0
92
health index (Almanac)
20.4
122
48.0
57
29.0
111
Urban/ Metro Structure
18
16
17
share of city population in MSA population
0.14
17
0.12
14
0.12
14
property crime rate
3319.2
32
3185.0
34
3007.3
34