Youngstown, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Youngstown in the inner-city band. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. Youngstown's sky is brighter than 99.6% 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.

How far Youngstown is from a meaningfully darker sky

Niles, OH, about 8 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Youngstown. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Niles, 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 Youngstown compares nationally

About 59,123 people live in Youngstown, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Youngstown places 3,175 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.