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MentorOH

Mentor, OH is a 47K-resident city in Lake County with a median household income of $88,949.

Lake County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mentor, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mentor has a population larger than 77% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $247,700.

Data updated 2026-09-05

47K
Population (place)
Top 23%
By size
$88,949
Median income (place)
$247,700
Median home (place)
5.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mentor

Mentor posts a median household income higher than 59% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 41%
by median income, US cities

Where Mentor income ranks nationally

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

$88,949 Top 41% higher than 59% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mentor $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 Mentor, OH beyond the headline numbers

Mentor sits inside Lake County, Ohio, at roughly 41.67°N, -81.34°W. Population 46,901, $88,949 median household income. Median home value $247,700, median rent $1,239. Poverty rate 5.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.2% of Mentor, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Mentor runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

14.7% of Mentor workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 37.8% in Mentor, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 46.5 years, Mentor's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mentor 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)
46,901
Mentor · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$88,949
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$247,700
-40% vs avg
Median Age (place)
46.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lake County): Mentor'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
232K+1%
Median Income
$80,925+44%
Median Home Value
$214,100+42%
Poverty Rate
8.3%-10%
Unemployment
3.9%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mentor, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,239/mo
Poverty Rate
5.2% -58% vs avg
Unemployment 2.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 36.6%
Work From Home 14.7%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 89.2%
African American 1.8%
Asian 3.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.8%
Short Sleep Duration
37.5%
Obesity
35.3%
Physical Inactivity
23.5%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.4%
Current Smoking
13.3%
Diabetes
12.5%
Current Asthma
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.2%
Annual Checkup 82%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
7.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.8%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Mentor?

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

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Sheet OH-MENTOR · Mentor

Mentor: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Mentor, OH? ▼
Mentor, OH has a population of 46,901 people, located in Lake County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Mentor? ▼
The median household income in Mentor, OH is $88,949 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.2%.
What is the median home value in Mentor? ▼
The median home value in Mentor, OH is $247,700. Median rent is $1,239/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mentor? ▼
The top health indicators in Mentor include High Blood Pressure (37.8%), Short Sleep Duration (37.5%), Obesity (35.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Mentor? ▼
The median age in Mentor, OH is 46.5 years. 36.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (5.2% here).

Fremont, CA 5.2% Clinton Township, MI 5.2% Goodyear, AZ 5.2% Rochester Hills, MI 5.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($88,949 here).

Ontario, CA $88,941 South Laurel, MD $88,933 Blue Springs, MO $88,920 Perris, CA $88,911

Compare Mentor with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Willoughby, OH 23K Painesville, OH 20K Eastlake, OH 18K Wickliffe, OH 13K Willowick, OH 14K Mayfield Heights, OH 19K Euclid, OH 48K Richmond Heights, OH 10K
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Using Mentor'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 Mentor 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.
  • Compare Mentor against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

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 (Lake 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.