Barberton, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Barberton in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Barberton's sky is brighter than 81.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Barberton

3 miles from Barberton, straight-line, sits Norton, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Barberton's own suburban band.

Norton, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Barberton compares nationally

About 24,624 people live in Barberton, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Barberton places 2,607 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.