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Boardman is located at 41°2'20" North, 80°39'55" West (41.038958, -80.665395) 1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 41.5 km² (16.0 mi²). 41.3 km² (15.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.62% water.
As of the census 2 of 2000, there were 37,215 people, but by 2003 the township saw its first ever decrease in population. In Boardman there were 15,955 households, and 10,211 families. The population density is 902.0/km² (just over 2,300/mi²). There are 16,801 housing units at an average density of 407.2/km² (1,054.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP is roughly 95% White, 2% Black or African American, 1% Asian, and 2% Hispanic or Latino of any race. Contrasted with Youngstown's 44% African American and 5% Hispanic, the suburban nature of Boardman is quite evident.
There are 15,955 households out of which 25.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% are non-families. 32.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.94.
In the CDP the population is spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP is $40,935, and the median income for a family is $52,709. Males have a median income of $39,826 versus $25,575 for females. The per capita incomeThe per capita income for an area may be defined as the total personal income in an area, divided by the number of people in that area. A ranking of the top 10 countries, according to the 2004 CIA World Factbook (in US dollar) # Luxembourg $55,100 # Norwa for the CDP is $22,757. 5.2% of the population and 3.6% of families are below the poverty lineThe poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. People who have an income below the poverty line have no discretionary disposable income, by definition. The actual monetary value of. Out of the total population, 6.6% of those under the age of 18 and 5.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Though the northern areas of town are suburban spillover from YoungstownYoungstown is a city located in Mahoning and Trumbull counties in Ohio, on the Mahoning River, 67 miles southeast of Cleveland, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 82,026, but this had declined to just over 79,000 in 2003., Boardman was traditionally an agricultural community with grain crops and apple orchards. The Ohio Southern railroad cut through the township and around 1900 even led to Southern Park, a horse racing facility on Washington Boulevard. Thus the area was an early draw for Youngstown urbanites.
It did not have the close-knit community feel of nearby incorporated towns such as Poland or Canfield immediately to the east and west. Because of its agricultural nature, Boardman was ripe for strip development starting as early as 1950.
One person to make a huge mark in the township was Edward DeBartolo, Sr., one of the first great mall developers in the country. With malls across the northeastern U.S. and Florida, the Debartolo Corporation eventually moved from Youngstown and made its headquarters in Boardman. In the mid-1990s DeBartolo was merged into the Simon Corporation of Indianapolis.
Boardman Plaza on Highway 224 west of Market Street was one of the first strip malls in the country. Established in 1950 by DeBartolo, the Plaza had three full-service grocery stores within a few hundred feet of each other. Today one has to travel at least three miles to get the same food service. The Plaza is still fairly healthy. Later, circa 1970, Debartolo opened the more contemporary Southern Park Mall near the intersection of Highway 224 and Market Street.
Also around 1950, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, one of the great steel makers in the country, opened a modern new suburban headquarters in Boardman (interestingly enough, right across Market Street from the DeBartolo corporation). Here a whole new "suburban" work environment was started; with white shirt dress code, it was antiseptic and wholly removed from the dirt and grit of the Mahoning Valley farther north.
When Youngstown Sheet and Tube closed around 1980 a nice campus was left for others to develop. Today the former headquarters is the center of many medical offices and a branch of Youngstown State University.
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