Best PlacesMineral City, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mineral City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mineral City ranks 24,173rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mineral City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Mineral City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mineral City ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Mineral City ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Household income$60,508 median, better than only 28% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mineral City
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mineral City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,508, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Mineral City's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mineral City
Mineral City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mineral City.
Who works in Mineral City, and how
Work in Mineral City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mineral City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mineral City.
What the weather is like in Mineral City, month by month
Mineral City sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Mineral City
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mineral City
Schools across Mineral City average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sandy Valley Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuscarawas Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Sandy Valley Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Tuscarawas Valley High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Sandy Valley High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mineral City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mineral City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Mineral City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mineral City
Is Mineral City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mineral City ranks 24,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on health outcomes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mineral City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,170. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $60,508 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Mineral City safe?
Mineral City is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
Compare Mineral City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mineral City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mineral City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Mineral City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mineral City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mineral City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mineral City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mineral City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mineral City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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