Census-designated place · Mercer County, Ohio

Maria Stein, Ohio

Maria Stein is a census-designated place in Mercer County, Ohio, part of the Celina, OH metro area. It has 1,305 residents. Maria Stein, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,052 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #21 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), poverty rate (low) and rent as share of income (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and distance to an emergency room (high).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,052 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #21 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,305 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 256.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3947586

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety83#2,607/15,637
Economy80#3,135/15,631
Housing90#1,516/14,977
Health72#4,319/15,609
Healthcare40#9,325/15,650
Environment46#8,342/15,453
Education88#1,912/15,649
Infrastructure97#545/15,650
Community78#3,437/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,682/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Maria Stein, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Mercer County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low13 /100k
100/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMercer County value
Poverty rate · low0.0%
100/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Rent as share of income · low9.0%
100/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2018-2022U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At most this value: the publisher's bottom bracket is open-ended
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
99/100Ohio 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Ohio 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-2.4%
10/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMercer County value
Preventable hospital stays · high3,914 /100k
10/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMercer County value
Distance to an emergency room · high11.9 mi
12/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMercer County value
New business applications · low8.9 /1k
14/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMercer County value
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMercer County value
Mental health providers · low117 /100k
18/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMercer County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,141 (2016-2020) → 1,305 (2020-2024)
+14%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
26.5% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−27 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
27.2% (2016-2020) → 35.7% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
94.1% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Average commute timeImproving
19.8 min (2016-2020) → 14.7 min (2020-2024)
−26%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
High school diploma or higherImproving
95.9% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Maria Stein, Ohio over five years.

Cities and towns like Maria Stein, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Maria Stein, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Maria Stein, Ohio five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,305 residents (±262)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,305 residents (±262)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

White97%1,268
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0
Asian

Education

806 residents (±179)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma0.0%0
High school or GED22%†178
Some college23%†188

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

495 households (±147)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k0.0%0
$25k–50k26%†131
$50k–75k7.5%†37
$75k–100k17%†85
$100k–150k24%†121
$150k–200k19%†92
$200k or more5.9%†29

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

495 households (±147)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Own89%†443
Rent11%†52

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

52 households (±63)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75071%†37
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50029%†15

Home values

443 homes (±145)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k2.7%†12
$150k–250k16%†70
$250k–400k54%†240

Age of homes

495 homes (±147)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later15%†76
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199931%†151

Size of homes

495 homes (±147)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms14%†70
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

746 workers (±215)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone93%†692
Carpool2.3%†17
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.0%†37
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

709 workers (±227)

Maria Stein, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min59%†420
15–29 min25%†174
30–44 min14%†96

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Celina, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Mercer County, the county holding most of Maria Stein's residents.

Mercer County has 1,050 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 1.15× Ohio's), with 17,679 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,686. The Census Bureau also counts 3,106 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,050; 3,106 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 17,679
Average annual pay: $47,686; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mercer County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	83	19.6	1.27×More than typical	682	$60,235	249
Restaurants and other eating places	81	19.1	1.04×About typical	1,227	$15,047	13
Truck transportation	64	15.1	2.99×More than typical	2,985	$49,366	129
Ambulatory health care services	59	13.9	0.67×Fewer than typical	675	$67,905	101
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	9.9	1.97×More than typical	204	$42,235	68
Full-service restaurants	36	8.5	1.11×About typical	544	$13,704	5
Limited-service restaurants	35	8.3	1.03×About typical	601	$16,060	—
Building equipment contractors	34	8	1.33×More than typical	340	$60,353	34
Construction of buildings	34	8	1.06×About typical	452	$53,142	116
Religious organizations	34	8	1.45×More than typical	247	$16,603	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	24	5.7	3.55×More than typical	359	$57,808	18
Banks and credit unions	23	5.4	1.68×More than typical	205	$60,112	—

Rank places for an industry Open Mercer County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 42,360 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Maria Stein is mostly in Mercer County.

See federal money in Mercer County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Maria Stein, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert E. LattaR-OH-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Mercer County88100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Celina, OH79

Other cities and towns in Mercer County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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