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Area:
- Lowellville Village is a small village nestled along the banks of the Mahoning River, in the “Steel Valley” area, which is southeast of Youngstown.
- Total: 23.45 sq. miles
- Land: 23.17 sq. miles
- Water: 0.28 sq. miles
- Elevation: 1,131.89 ft.
Population:
- Total Estimated people is 1,107
- Density-813 people per square mile
Housing:
- Total Housing Units-527
- Average Housing Value-$ 74,300
- Property Tax Rate-$14.92 per $1,000
- Average Monthly Rent Home/Apartment-$454-$950
- Homes Owned-57.69%
- Homes Rented-25.81%
- Homes Vacant-16.51%
- Average Household Size:
- Lowellville- 2.6
- Ohio- 2.4
Climate:
- Lowellville, Ohio, gets 39 inches of rain per year
- The US city average is 36 inches of rain.
- On average the Snowfall is 36 inches
- The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year
- The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 157
- On average, there are 161 sunny days per year
- The July high is around 83 degrees
- The January low is 17
- Lowellville is at high risk for hail storms and a moderate risk for tornadoes
Biological/Chemical:
- Air Quality Good (386/393) 98.22%
- Radon, Zone 2 County Moderate Risk (between 2 and 4 pCi/L) Yellow Zone
- UV Index Moderate Risk (4.28) Average
The Village of Lowellville Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Located at 600 East Water Street, Lowellville, OH.
- The facility treats wastewater from two (2) collection systems, north of the river and south of the river.
- Treated effluent from the plant discharges to the Mahoning River.
- The system serves approximately 1600 customers in the Lowellville area.
- The design average daily flow is .5 million gallons with a peak flow on .9 million gallons.
- The plant maintains over 10 miles of Sanitary Sewers.
- The plant has also assumed the implementation of the Federally mandated Strom Water Utility.
- The basis of the storm water utility are the six minimum control measures: public education and outreach, public participation/involvement, Illicit discharge detection and elimination, constructions site runoff control, post-contruction control, and pollution prevention/good housekeeping.
- Electric: First Energy
- Gas: Dominion East Ohio
- Water: Aqua Ohio, Inc.
Strengths: The strength for this village is the cost of housing, which is 48% lower than the National Average. The percentage of home owners is 57.69% in this area, this is good for the local people in this village who vote on increase of property taxes and levy’s. The Air Quality in this area is considered healthy, even though there is a major railroad that is in the center of the village.
Weaknesses: A weakness for this village is there is a moderate risk for radon. There also is a high risk for hail storms and a moderate risk for tornadoes in this area. There also seems to be a higher rate of snowfall of 36 inches per year, while the US average city gets 26” per year, this can be dangerous to travel during winter months due to the area having many hills throughout the village.
Sources:
http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas13/st39_oh/incplace/p3945178_lowellville/BAS13P13900045178_001.pdf
bestplaces.net/climate/city/ohio/Lowellville
https://www.census.gov/search-housing-lowelville
http://www.city-data.com/city/Lowellville-Ohio.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowellville
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml
http://www.homefacts.com/airquality/Ohio/Mahoning-County /Lowellville.html
http://www.homefacts.com/demographics/Ohio/Mahoning-County/Lowellville/44436.html
http://www.villageoflowellville.com/
Weaknesses: A weakness for this village is there is a moderate risk for radon. There also is a high risk for hail storms and a moderate risk for tornadoes in this area. There also seems to be a higher rate of snowfall of 36 inches per year, while the US average city gets 26” per year, this can be dangerous to travel during winter months due to the area having many hills throughout the village.
Sources:
http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas13/st39_oh/incplace/p3945178_lowellville/BAS13P13900045178_001.pdf
bestplaces.net/climate/city/ohio/Lowellville
https://www.census.gov/search-housing-lowelville
http://www.city-data.com/city/Lowellville-Ohio.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowellville
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml
http://www.homefacts.com/airquality/Ohio/Mahoning-County /Lowellville.html
http://www.homefacts.com/demographics/Ohio/Mahoning-County/Lowellville/44436.html
http://www.villageoflowellville.com/