Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Minster (1.2%) is lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 88% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #148 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability A: more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns · #58 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are higher than in 66% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Minster; the top destination outside it is New Bremen (9%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Minster
Minster is where the jobs are
Minster has 2,833 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,500 people are in town, 46% more than the 3,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Minster makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Minster are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Minster residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Minster are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. 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.
What’s behind Minster’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Minster is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #148 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minster could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Minster fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,147 residents head out to work, 290 work right here, and 2,543 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Minster on a workday afternoon, 46% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Minster makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
2,833 jobs are based in Minster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minster, 2013 → 2023: 2,838 → 2,833. 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.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minster workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,410 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Where Minster’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Minster clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Minster commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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.
Minster is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minster is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #58 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 8.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,523 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). 4.2% of Minster households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minster’s commuters take a bus or train.
Minster is 453rd of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Minster, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 451 | Hortonville WI | 3,340 | $82K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A |
| 452 | Maine WI | 2,621 | $111K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| 453 | Minster OH | 3,062 | $88K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 20% | A |
| 454 | Hedwig Village TX | 2,383 | $224K | 4.3% | 6.2% | 7% | A |
| 455 | Dunstable MA | 3,486 | $209K | 0.5% | 5.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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.
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 Minster: questions
What is the median household income in Minster?
$88,000 (±$22,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minster?
1.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minster?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minster work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bremen (9%, 3 mi), Sidney (9%, 13 mi), Jackson Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minster walkable?
Minster is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minster without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minster, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minster
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.