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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 40.49
The average living wage for the state of Ohio is $29.55/hr, while the states minimum wage is $8.8/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Ohio a minimum wage score of 41.2 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $4.4/hr, which gives Ohio a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.55 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Ohio is $178, resulting in a UI benefit score of 32.4 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

X Ohio does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Ohio does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Ohio does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Ohio does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Ohio does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Ohio does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Ohio does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Ohio does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Ohio does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Ohio does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Ohio does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Ohio does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Ohio does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Ohio does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 95

✓ Ohio does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Ohio does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Ohio does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Ohio does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Ohio does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Ohio does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Portage County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 22.47% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 55.5%
Democratic: 43.03%
Libertarian: 1.09%
Other: 0.38%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 44241
Latitude : 41.239251
Longitude : -81.333941
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 1146 ft.
Area Code(s) : 330

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.44
Male Population Estimate : 42.01%
Female Population Estimate : 44.62%
Median Age : 37.8
Male Median Age : 36.7
Female Median Age : 38.7

White Population Estimate : 77.53%
Black Population Estimate : 7.35%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.37%
Asian Population Estimate : 2.26%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.09%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.65%
Other Population Estimate : 0.43%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Streetsboro specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Portage County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Portage County: About 117 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Portage County is about 51% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 59% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.