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Mingo Junction earns a D, 945th of 987 graded towns in Ohio, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 94% of the country. The median household income is $54K, and 26% of residents live below the poverty line. It also has a long history, with 4 places on the National Register. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Mingo Junction, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Its National Register listings include Commercial Street Historic District and North Hill Historic District. Only 3 of the 411 Ohio towns we compare have a lower typical home value than Mingo Junction.
Where Mingo Junction beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Mingo Junction’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Mingo Junction is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 371 in 1880, a peak of 5,278 in 1970, 3,347 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1899 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mingo Junction, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mingo Junction.
Mingo Junction sends many workers across the state line to Weirton and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
At 1.5 years of the Weirton metro’s $59K median household income, the typical home (about $90K) costs less against local pay than in 99% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living. Values fell 3% in the past year while the Ohio typical home rose 3.2%.
The typical Mingo Junction home is worth about $90,000, 64% below the Ohio typical home. Typical home values fell 3% in the year to September 2026. Mingo Junction’s median rent is $879 a month.
| Mingo Junction | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $879 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
43% of Mingo Junction adults sleep under 7 hours. Mingo Junction beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 18% of Mingo Junction adults report frequent physical distress.
| Mingo Junction | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Mingo Junction | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 8% |
| More smokers | 20.2% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.3% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
27% of working residents cross a state line to work, Weirton among the top destinations. Jobs based here grew from 385 in 2013 to 629.
Most working residents leave Mingo Junction for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Mingo Junction is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Mingo Junction grew to 629 in 2023, 244 more than in 2013.
| Mingo Junction | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mingo Junction has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $408 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mingo Junction.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The biggest park or preserve is Aracoma Park, at 21 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aracoma Park | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mingo Junction. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
7 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
33 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
33 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
40 mi Theme parkKennywood
34 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Mingo Junction
About 3 of every 100 Mingo Junction residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
4 notable people were born in Mingo Junction.
Village in Ohio, United States
Mingo Junction is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,347 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area.
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3 towns share a border with Mingo Junction.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mingo Junction | #945 | D | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Steubenville Township | #968 | D | B | — | B− | D |
| Steubenville | #748 | C+ | B+ | C− | A− | D |
Mingo Junction and Steubenville Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mingo Junction with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mingo Junction grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #945 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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+.
4 notable people were born here, including Harry Wilson and Joe Fortunato.
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