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SheetOH-MENTOR-ON-THE-LAKE-OH · Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH 7,117 pop · income 37th pct
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-on-the-Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mentor-on-the-Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mount Healthy · lowest
45,546
Mount Healthy · lowest
45,546 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #1
Shasta Lake · near
61,319
Shasta Lake · near
61,319 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #2
Mentor-on-the… · this city
61,320
Mentor-on-the… · this city
61,320 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #3
Halifax · near
61,321
Halifax · near
61,321 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #4
Belfast · near
61,322
Belfast · near
61,322 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #5
Karlstad · near
61,324
Karlstad · near
61,324 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #6
Contra Costa… · highest
127,910
Contra Costa… · highest
127,910 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-the-Lake 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: 7,117.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Mentor-on-the-Lake - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mentor-on-the-Lake lands in the 37th percentile for household income and the 78th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
37th
percentile, household income
34th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
78th
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-on-the-Lake, OH
Mentor-on-the-Lake is a small town in Ohio, home to 7,117 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $61,320 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Mentor-on-the-Lake's housing stock carries a median value of $171,200, and the median resident age is 46.6 years. Educational attainment runs 22.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Mentor-on-the-Lake reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 678.9 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,092 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $228 across Ohio, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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-on-the-Lake'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 reported crime to work and mobility to housing and income 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-on-the-Lake, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Mentor-on-the-Lake?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 678.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 70% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Mentor-on-the-Lake?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in Mentor-on-the-Lake?
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 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mentor-on-the-Lake?
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 Cortland (7,091 residents, $61,740 income); Withamsville (7,151 residents, $68,857 income); Logan (7,077 residents, $52,680 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Putnam, CT (7,120 residents); Sandwich, IL (7,121 residents); Marengo, IL (7,123 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.
Population change
Is Mentor-on-the-Lake growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -23 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. 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
7,143
2025 estimate
7,120
Period change
-0.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 5.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
C+
City profile score · Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
60/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Violent crime A
42 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
Poverty rate C+
5.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$61,320
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Mentor-on-the-Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 86/100 (A) · 42 /100k
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.5%
Household income: 37/100 (F) · $61,320
Where Mentor-on-the-Lake sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Mentor-on-the-Lake'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-on-the-Lake highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH (this city): home $171,200, crime 679/100k
Putnam, CT : home $236,000, crime 910/100k
Sandwich, IL : home $239,600, crime 305/100k
Marengo, IL : home $206,100, crime 708/100k
Sturgis, SD : home $236,400, crime 1,984/100k
University Park, IL : home $137,800, crime 2,026/100k
Cortland, OH : home $199,300, crime 539/100k
Delphos, OH : home $125,400, crime 710/100k
Mount Healthy, OH : home $126,200, crime 2,893/100k
Union, OH : home $138,800, crime 1,204/100k
How does Mentor-on-the-Lake compare to other US cities?
Here's how Mentor-on-the-Lake stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income37% higher than other cities
Home value34% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety78% 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-on-the-Lake ranks #71 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-on-the-Lake 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-on-the-Lake near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mentor-on-the-Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mentor-on-the-Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#668 of 1,145
42nd percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#430 of 1,164
63rd percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#649 of 1,196
45th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#465 of 1,196
61st 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
37th percentile nationally for median household income · 78th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Mentor-on-the-Lake's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Mentor-on-the-Lake'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-on-the-Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$171,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 66% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,540 of 15,516
More affordable than 64% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,816 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Mentor-on-the-Lake sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,540 of 15,516 and #4,816 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$61,320Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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-on-the-Lake, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,117
Median Income
$61,320
Median Home Value
$171,200
Median Age
46.6
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
67.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
678.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
42.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
636.5
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.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mentor-on-the-Lake's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,143 residents
2021
7,129 residents
2022
7,105 residents
2023
7,102 residents
2024
7,117 residents
2025
7,120 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
86.5%
Carpool
5.2%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
5.4%
Other
0.6%
Based on 3,838 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-on-the-Lake. 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-on-the-Lake 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-on-the-Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mentor-on-the-Lake 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, 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.