Mentone vs Pine Ridge

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

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

Pine Ridge has the higher population (546 vs 360 in Mentone). Pine Ridge has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $42,500 in Mentone). Mentone has the higher median home value ($222,900 vs $79,200 in Pine Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
Population	360	546
Median age	63.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$68,250
Median home value	$222,900	$79,200
Median gross rent	—	$839
Housing units	383	212
Homeownership rate	93.5%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
Population	307 → 360 (+17.3%)	475 → 546 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $42,500 (+5.6%)	$43,750 → $68,250 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $222,900 (+25.9%)	$150,000 → $79,200 (-47.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$425 → $839 (+97.4%)

Mentone

Population

307360

Median household income

$40,250$42,500

Median home value

$177,100$222,900

Pine Ridge

Population

475546

Median household income

$43,750$68,250

Median home value

$150,000$79,200

Median gross rent

$425$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	6.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.6%	22.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	18.7%
55 to 64	20.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	29.4%	4.0%
75 and over	12.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
No high school diploma	9.3%	28.2%
High school graduate	26.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
Drove alone	90.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
1-unit, detached	91.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Mentone	Pine Ridge
Poverty rate	19.7%	12.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1971	1958