Mineral RidgeOH
A town of 3,657, settled in 1858.
Is Mineral Ridge a good place to live?
Mineral Ridge gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $205K for a typical one, or 3.6 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 368th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 78% of the state's. 29% of residents are 65 or older in Mineral Ridge, against 20% in Ohio’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
What makes Mineral Ridge stand out
Where Mineral Ridge beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Mineral Ridge for work
Where Mineral Ridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mineral Ridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Mineral Ridge is from typical.
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Moving to Mineral Ridge: who provides what
Mineral Ridge is unincorporated, so Mahoning County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mineral Ridge.
Mineral Ridge is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Low risk in Mineral Ridge, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mineral Ridge stands out in Ohio and nationally: the average trip to work there is shorter
Jobs based here fell from 1,546 in 2013 to 1,155. The average commute for its 1,561 working residents takes 15.7 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
The average trip to work in Mineral Ridge is 16 minutes. Since 2013, Mineral Ridge has lost 391 jobs, to 1,155 in 2023. Most working residents leave Mineral Ridge for work: only 3% work in town.
| Mineral Ridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Mineral Ridge is less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,704 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mineral Ridge’s, it is less healthy than 55%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Mineral Ridge beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 15% of adults have diabetes in Mineral Ridge.
| Mineral Ridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Mineral Ridge | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.1% | 79.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Mineral Ridge
Mineral Ridge has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mineral Ridge’s grade for cost of living is a B+
Mineral Ridge’s median rent is $734 a month. Typical home values rose 6.4% in the year to September 2026. 82% of Mineral Ridge households own their home.
| Mineral Ridge | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $734 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pro Football Hall of Fame and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mineral Ridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
39 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
35 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
40 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium8 mi Park & preserveMill Creek Park
6 mi MuseumButler Institute of American ArtPhoto credits
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · SeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Butler Institute of American Art: Lorinda Dixon, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Mineral Ridge
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mineral Ridge
About 1 of every 100 Mineral Ridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Mineral Ridge
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Mineral Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Trumbull and northern Mahoning counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,951 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Mineral Ridge was named for valuable coal deposits near the original town site.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,004 ft
- ZIP code
- 44440
Mineral Ridge’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Mineral Ridge.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Ridge | #368 | B+ | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Niles | #902 | C− | B+ | C− | C+ | C− |
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Questions about Mineral Ridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mineral Ridge, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Mineral Ridge grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #368 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and A− for schools.
Is Mineral Ridge, OH expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.