City safety & data profile

MansfieldOH

Mansfield, OH is a 47K-resident city in Richland County with a median household income of $44,540.

Richland County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mansfield, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mansfield has a population larger than 77% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $119,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

47K
Population (place)
Top 23%
By size
$44,540
Median income (place)
$119,600
Median home (place)
23.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mansfield

Mansfield posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Mansfield area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Mansfield

Where Mansfield income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,540 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mansfield $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Mansfield, OH beyond the headline numbers

Mansfield sits inside Richland County, Ohio, at roughly 40.76°N, -82.52°W. Population 46,830, $44,540 median household income. Median home value $119,600, median rent $814. Poverty rate 23.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Mansfield, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

23.5% of Mansfield, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Mansfield runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5.9% of Mansfield workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 23.6% in Mansfield, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mansfield from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
46,830
Mansfield · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,540
-50% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$119,600
-71% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Richland County): Mansfield's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
125K+1%
Median Income
$59,509+42%
Median Home Value
$164,800+59%
Poverty Rate
13.8%-12%
Unemployment
5.4%-47%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mansfield, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$814/mo
Poverty Rate
23.5% +90% vs avg
Unemployment 7.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.8%
Work From Home 5.9%
Public Transit 1.4%

Population

White 71.2%
African American 16%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
44.8%
Obesity
43.9%
High Blood Pressure
43%
Physical Inactivity
36.6%
Current Smoking
23.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
18.1%
Diabetes
17.5%
Binge Drinking
13.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.2%
Annual Checkup 78.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.3%
Stroke
5.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
★★
0
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
OHIOHEALTH MANSFIELD HOSPITAL
MANSFIELD · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Mansfield?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Mansfield right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-MANSFIELD-OH · Mansfield

Mansfield: 4 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Mansfield

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Mansfield.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Mansfield; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Mansfield, OH?
Mansfield, OH has a population of 46,830 people, located in Richland County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Mansfield?
The median household income in Mansfield, OH is $44,540 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 23.5%.
What is the median home value in Mansfield?
The median home value in Mansfield, OH is $119,600. Median rent is $814/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mansfield?
The top health indicators in Mansfield include Short Sleep Duration (44.8%), Obesity (43.9%), High Blood Pressure (43%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Mansfield?
Mansfield has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Mansfield?
The median age in Mansfield, OH is 40 years. 16.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Mansfield, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (23.5% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($44,540 here).

Compare Mansfield with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Mansfield's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Mansfield area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Richland County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.