Lakeview vs Mentone

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeview and Mentone: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakeview and Mentone are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mentone has the higher population (360 vs 100 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $42,500 in Mentone). Mentone has the higher median home value ($222,900 vs $76,700 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Mentone
Population	100	360
Median age	41.0 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$42,500
Median home value	$76,700	$222,900
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	47	383
Homeownership rate	75.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Mentone
Population	128 → 100 (-21.9%)	307 → 360 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $48,750 (-3.5%)	$40,250 → $42,500 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$139,600 → $76,700 (-45.1%)	$177,100 → $222,900 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $825 (+1.0%)	—

Lakeview

Population

128100

Median household income

$50,500$48,750

Median home value

$139,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$817$825

Mentone

Population

307360

Median household income

$40,250$42,500

Median home value

$177,100$222,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeview	Mentone
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	21.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	29.4%
75 and over	11.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Mentone
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Mentone
No high school diploma	17.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	32.8%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Mentone
Drove alone	67.7%	90.4%
Carpooled	19.4%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	12.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Mentone
1-unit, detached	46.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Mentone
Poverty rate	38.0%	19.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1981	1971