Photo: Roseohioresident · Public domainUnemployment in Minerva (1.4%) is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Minerva is behind 82% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Minerva is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Minerva: the figures worth knowing
Minerva makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Minerva are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Minerva residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Few Minerva workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Minerva gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Minerva’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($54,380, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minerva could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Minerva works in goods: 46% of its jobs
2,354 jobs are based in Minerva.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minerva, 2013 → 2023: 2,253 → 2,354. 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 Minerva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Minerva
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minerva workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,646 commuters (the <1% 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.
In and out of Minerva on a workday
On a workday 1,386 residents head out to work, 283 work right here, and 2,071 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Minerva on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 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.
11% of working residents work in Canton
Where Minerva clocks in
11% 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.
Half of Minerva commutes less than 16 miles
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.
Few in Minerva walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,654 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). 4.8% of Minerva households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minerva’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Minerva ranks: 2,179th of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,177 | Grand Lake Township MN | 2,705 | $101K | 6.7% | 9.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,178 | Val Verde Park TX | 3,139 | $62K | 10.4% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,179 | Minerva OH | 3,697 | $54K | 13.0% | 1.4% | 17% | B− |
| 2,180 | West TX | 2,629 | $62K | 11.9% | 2.4% | 18% | B− |
| 2,181 | Perry Township MI | 4,167 | $77K | 9.8% | 5.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Minerva, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Minerva
The biggest share goes to Paris Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minerva workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minerva | – | B− | B+ | 21 min | $54,380 |
| Pekin | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Paris Township | 3% | B | C | 21 min | $68,528 |
| West Township | under 2% | C | D− | 26 min | $74,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pekin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minerva’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 Minerva: questions
What is the median household income in Minerva?
$54,380 (±$3,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minerva?
13.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minerva?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minerva work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (11%, 15 mi), Alliance (5%, 12 mi), Jackson Township (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minerva walkable?
Minerva is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minerva without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minerva, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minerva
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.