Is Mineral Ridge a good place to live?
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. It does especially well on schools (A−): its schools rank ahead of 78% of Ohio towns. Add cost of living to its strengths: a typical home costs about $205K, 3.6 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. The trade-off is health: residents are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 368th of 987 in Ohio.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
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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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
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.
Mineral Ridge has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Households in Mineral Ridge have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2004. Compared with four fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. Expected losses in Mineral Ridge break down as 66% from inland flooding and 15% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · 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.
Among working residents in Mineral Ridge, 2.8% work locally. Employers in Mineral Ridge shed 391 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,155. Mineral Ridge: 6% of residents live below the poverty line, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Add to that, for Mineral Ridge, the median household income is $59,000.
| 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
Mineral Ridge’s grade for health is a C
Against the 8,704 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mineral Ridge’s, it is less healthy than 55%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
In Mineral Ridge, 38% of adults have obesity. Mineral Ridge: 15% of adults have diabetes, above both Ohio’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (12%). On the CDC’s 32 measures, Mineral Ridge is ahead of Ohio on 1 and behind on 6. Among adults here, 40% have high blood pressure and 15% binge drink.
| 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
In Mineral Ridge, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 28 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mineral Ridge’s grade for cost of living is a B+
For households in Mineral Ridge, the share who live in a home they own is 82%. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.4%. The midpoint rent for Mineral Ridge comes to $734 a month.
| 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
Everything we know about Mineral Ridge
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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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.
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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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+.
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