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SheetOH-MINERVA-PARK-OH · Minerva Park, OH 2,095 pop · income 89th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Minerva Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Minerva Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Palomas comun… · lowest
19,418
Palomas comun… · lowest
19,418 median HH income
15.4% of the leader · rank #1
Ovilla · near
125,777
Ovilla · near
125,777 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Minerva Park · this city
125,802
Minerva Park · this city
125,802 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Buffalo · near
125,809
Buffalo · near
125,809 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Coal Creek · near
125,819
Coal Creek · near
125,819 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Clarendon Hil… · near
125,826
Clarendon Hil… · near
125,826 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Dinwiddie · highest
125,833
Dinwiddie · highest
125,833 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Minerva Park on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,095.
Minerva Park ranks in the 89th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
89th
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Minerva Park, OH
Minerva Park is a small town in Ohio, home to 2,095 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Minerva Park brings in $125,802 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.4%. Home values in Minerva Park run a median of $293,500, and the median resident age is 38.4 years. Educational attainment runs 52.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 73.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Ohio at 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Ohio's average monthly utility costs around $228 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Minerva Park's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Minerva Park, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Minerva Park?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Peebles (2,100 residents, $51,813 income); Walton Hills (2,083 residents, $103,547 income); Brewster (2,112 residents, $56,953 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Colfax, CA (2,095 residents); Parkwood, CA (2,095 residents); Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), PR (2,095 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Minerva Park growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -60 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.0% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What does the journey to work look like in Minerva Park?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
How far does income reach against housing in Minerva Park?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A
$125,802
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
52.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate B-
4.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Minerva Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 88/100 (A) · $125,802
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.2%
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.4%
How does Minerva Park compare to other US cities?
Minerva Park measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Minerva Park against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Minerva Park near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Minerva Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Minerva Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#65 of 1,145
94th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#120 of 1,164
90th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#746 of 1,196
37th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#100 of 1,196
92nd percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
89th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Minerva Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$293,50036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Minerva Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,138 of 15,516
More affordable than 80% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,889 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.3×, Minerva Park sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,138 of 15,516 and #2,889 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$125,802Minerva Park, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Minerva Park, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Minerva Park, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,095
Median Income
$125,802
Median Home Value
$293,500
Median Age
38.4
Poverty Rate
4.4%
Labor force participation
73.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.2%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Minerva Park's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,010 residents
2021
1,984 residents
2022
1,968 residents
2023
1,960 residents
2024
1,960 residents
2025
1,950 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.3%
Carpool
3.3%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
19.5%
Based on 1,155 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Minerva Park. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Minerva Park is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Minerva Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Minerva Park compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.