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SheetOH-MENTOR-OH · Mentor, OH 47,215 pop · income 70th pct · 60 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mentor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mentor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Monroe · lowest
36,521
Monroe · lowest
36,521 median HH income
22.1% of the leader · rank #1
Eagle Point · near
89,187
Eagle Point · near
89,187 median HH income
54.1% of the leader · rank #2
New Whiteland · near
89,196
New Whiteland · near
89,196 median HH income
54.1% of the leader · rank #3
Mentor · this city
89,202
Mentor · this city
89,202 median HH income
54.1% of the leader · rank #4
Solomons · near
89,205
Solomons · near
89,205 median HH income
54.1% of the leader · rank #5
Clearwater · near
89,219
Clearwater · near
89,219 median HH income
54.1% of the leader · rank #6
Newark · highest
164,909
Newark · highest
164,909 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Mentor on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 47,215.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Mentor - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Mentor places in the 70th percentile for household income and the 47th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
70th
percentile, household income
51st
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
47th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Mentor, OH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 47,215 residents in Mentor, a small city within Ohio. Mentor households earn a median of $89,202 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.4%. Mentor's housing stock carries a median value of $229,500, and the median resident age is 46.3 years. About 35.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 75 residential building permits were authorized in Mentor (Rapid Growth), up 47% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Mentor reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1473.3 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $228 across Ohio, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 19.0 minutes, with 79.4% driving alone and 13.1% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mentor's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from within-city variation to work and mobility to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mentor, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What can 60 Census tracts reveal inside Mentor?
PlainCities matches 60 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
What does the journey to work look like in Mentor?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.0 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Mentor?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1473.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 35% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mentor?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Beavercreek (46,787 residents, $110,064 income); Mansfield (47,686 residents, $42,605 income); Strongsville (46,022 residents, $102,574 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Roseville, MI (47,240 residents); Monroe, LA (47,241 residents); Winter Garden, FL (47,182 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Mentor?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
2.6×
Home value
$229,500
Household income
$89,202
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 35.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
3.4%
Bachelor's degree+
35.6%
Matched public schools
12
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -380 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 75 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
47,390
2025 estimate
47,010
Period change
-0.8%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B+
3.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income B-
$89,202
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B-
116 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Mentor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.4%
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Household income: 68/100 (B-) · $89,202
Bachelor's+ share: 68/100 (B-) · 35.6%
Violent crime: 67/100 (B-) · 116 /100k
Where Mentor sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Mentor's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Mentor highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Mentor, OH (this city): home $229,500, crime 1,473/100k
Roseville, MI : home $142,700, crime 3,833/100k
Monroe, LA : home $174,800, crime 7,626/100k
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA : home $907,900, crime 605/100k
Newark, CA : home $1,094,200, crime 4,344/100k
Brea, CA : home $874,300, crime 3,076/100k
Beavercreek, OH : home $261,200, crime 2,068/100k
Strongsville, OH : home $279,600, crime 1,355/100k
Euclid, OH : home $114,700, crime 1,453/100k
Dublin, OH : home $514,900, crime 1,025/100k
Cleveland Heights, OH : home $176,700, crime 1,551/100k
How does Mentor compare to other US cities?
Where Mentor sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value51% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety47% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Ohio alone, Mentor ranks #172 of 281 Ohio cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Mentor against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Mentor near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mentor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mentor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#223 of 1,145
81st percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#226 of 1,164
81st percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#826 of 1,196
31st percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#217 of 1,196
82nd percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
70th percentile nationally for median household income · 47th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Mentor's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Mentor's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Mentor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$229,50049th percentilemore affordable than 49% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Mentor's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,376 of 15,516
More affordable than 72% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#414 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.6×, Mentor sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,376 of 15,516 and #414 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$89,202Mentor, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mentor, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Mentor, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
47,215
Median Income
$89,202
Median Home Value
$229,500
Median Age
46.3
Poverty Rate
3.4%
Labor force participation
63.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1473.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
115.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1357.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mentor's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
47,390 residents
2021
47,236 residents
2022
46,969 residents
2023
46,862 residents
2024
47,005 residents
2025
47,010 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
75
housing units authorized
Single-Family
75
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
51
51
0
$14.2M
2020
98
98
0
$24.2M
2021
74
74
0
$16.1M
2022
66
66
0
$17.8M
2023
98
98
0
$19.1M
2024
75
75
0
$25.1M
Permit volume increased 47% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.0 minutes
Drive Alone
79.4%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
13.1%
Other
0.8%
Based on 24,435 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Mentor. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Mentor is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Mentor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mentor compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.