Mineral Ridge is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,951 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mineral Ridge is the 318th largest community in Ohio.Unlike some towns, Mineral Ridge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mineral Ridge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mineral Ridge is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mineral Ridge who work in maintenance occupations (17.81%), office and administrative support (13.55%), and management occupations (9.07%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mineral Ridge has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mineral Ridge has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mineral Ridge than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mineral Ridge may be for you. One of the benefits of Mineral Ridge is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.32 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Mineral Ridge is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Mineral Ridge overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Mineral Ridge, 21.50% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Mineral Ridge in 2022 was $37,837, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,348 for a family of four. However, Mineral Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mineral Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mineral Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mineral Ridge include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Mineral Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
