Photo: Dblcut3 · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Mingo Junction (8.6%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio. Mingo Junction grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mingo Junction stands out on work
A lot of Mingo Junction workers cross into West Virginia
27% of Mingo Junction workers work outside Ohio, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Weirton (9%), Wheeling (4%) and Findlay Township (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Mingo Junction pay better than its residents’ jobs
72% of the jobs based in Mingo Junction pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 49% of the jobs Mingo Junction residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Mingo Junction. The jobs ↓
Mingo Junction has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mingo Junction went from 385 in 2013 to 629 in 2023, +63%. The jobs ↓
Mingo Junction and Steubenville trade workers both ways
Steubenville is the top workplace for Mingo Junction residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Mingo Junction come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mingo Junction makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Mingo Junction are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mingo Junction residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Mingo Junction: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mingo Junction is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #970 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Mingo Junction’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mingo Junction could be anywhere from D− to C+.
20% of working residents work in Steubenville
Where Mingo Junction clocks in
20% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Mingo Junction
629 jobs are based in Mingo Junction.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mingo Junction, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 629. 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 Mingo Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Mingo Junction
On a workday 1,230 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 579 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Mingo Junction on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Mingo Junction takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mingo Junction workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,264 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.
Half of Mingo Junction commutes less than 10 miles
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Mingo Junction walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mingo Junction is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #733 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Mingo Junction near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,283 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). 12.3% of Mingo Junction households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mingo Junction’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Mingo Junction sits among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,111 | Planada CA | 3,506 | $43K | 21.4% | 8.1% | 4% | D |
| 4,112 | Point Baker FL | 3,976 | $65K | 26.1% | 10.1% | 1% | D |
| 4,113 | Mingo Junction OH | 3,233 | $54K | 26.3% | 8.6% | 4% | D |
| 4,114 | Lovell WY | 2,351 | $60K | 18.6% | 3.6% | 27% | D |
| 4,115 | Cricket NC | 2,317 | $40K | 27.0% | 3.4% | 0% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Mingo Junction, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 20% of Mingo Junction’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mingo Junction workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mingo Junction | – | D | C− | 19 min | $53,833 |
| Steubenville Township | under 2% | D | C− | 20 min | $53,043 |
| Steubenville | 20% | D | A | 18 min | $48,172 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Steubenville. Darker towns draw more of Mingo Junction’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 Mingo Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Mingo Junction?
$53,833 (±$20,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mingo Junction?
26.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mingo Junction?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mingo Junction work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (20%, 3 mi), Weirton (9%, 7 mi), Wintersville (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mingo Junction walkable?
Mingo Junction is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mingo Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mingo Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mingo Junction
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.