Youngtown is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 3,007 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Youngtown is the 99th largest community in Arizona.

Youngtown is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Youngtown is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Youngtown who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.00%), sales jobs (11.26%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.63%).

Of important note, Youngtown is also a town of artists. Youngtown has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Youngtown's character.

Youngtown is a major retirement destination. In fact, people 65 and over make up 50.42% of the population. For those considering a place to retire, Youngtown may be a good choice because much of the town's services and social community are oriented toward the over-65 demographic.

Youngtown is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Youngtown isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.62% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Youngtown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Youngtown Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Youngtown with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.88% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Youngtown in 2000 was $16,749, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,996 for a family of four.

The people who call Youngtown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Youngtown is White, followed by Native American. Youngtown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.84% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Youngtown include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Youngtown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.