Medina is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 25,070 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Medina is the 60th largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Medina is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Medina is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Medina who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.72%), sales jobs (14.09%), and management occupations (10.44%).

Also of interest is that Medina has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of Medina by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.7% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Medina may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small city, Medina doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Medina Information and Demographics

The education level of Medina citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 32.54% of adults in Medina have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Medina in 2000 was $21,709, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,836 for a family of four.

The people who call Medina home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Medina is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Medina include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Medina is English.