Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Mantua earn less than those in 88% of U.S. towns
11.8% of residents live below the poverty line; Ohio has 13.3%. For jobs and income Mantua is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 6% work in Mantua itself; outside it, Streetsboro draws the most (6%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mantua and work: the main findings
Where Mantua’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Mantua’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,732, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Mantua’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mantua could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Mantua
624 jobs are based in Mantua.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mantua, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 624. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mantua’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Mantua: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 597 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Mantua on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Mantua ends
Where Mantua clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Mantua
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mantua workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Mantua commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mantua is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 359 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Mantua households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mantua’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mantua ranks: 1,368th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Lookout Mountain AL | 1,120 | $80K | 12.8% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,367 | Spring Grove MN | 1,206 | $60K | 4.0% | 7.2% | 18% | C+ |
| 1,368 | Mantua OH | 1,005 | $50K | 11.8% | 5.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,369 | Bashaw WI | 1,080 | $78K | 7.3% | 6.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,370 | Malta IL | 1,140 | $81K | 24.0% | 2.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mantua, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Mantua compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mantua Township (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mantua workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantua | – | C+ | C− | 23 min | $49,732 |
| Mantua Township | 5% | A | D | 27 min | $77,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mantua’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mantua: questions
What is the median household income in Mantua?
$49,732 (±$10,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mantua?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mantua?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mantua work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Streetsboro (6%, 7 mi), Mantua Township (5%, 3 mi), Aurora (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mantua walkable?
Mantua is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mantua without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mantua, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mantua
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.