Mentone vs Valley Head

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

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

Valley Head has the higher population (825 vs 360 in Mentone). Valley Head has the higher median household income ($44,396 vs $42,500 in Mentone). Mentone has the higher median home value ($222,900 vs $59,800 in Valley Head).

Population, income & housing

	Mentone	Valley Head
Population	360	825
Median age	63.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$44,396
Median home value	$222,900	$59,800
Median gross rent	—	$910
Housing units	383	288
Homeownership rate	93.5%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentone	Valley Head
Population	307 → 360 (+17.3%)	699 → 825 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $42,500 (+5.6%)	$35,625 → $44,396 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $222,900 (+25.9%)	$90,000 → $59,800 (-33.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$508 → $910 (+79.1%)

Mentone

Population

307360

Median household income

$40,250$42,500

Median home value

$177,100$222,900

Valley Head

Population

699825

Median household income

$35,625$44,396

Median home value

$90,000$59,800

Median gross rent

$508$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentone	Valley Head
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.1%	36.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	0.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	25.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	20.3%	5.6%
65 to 74	29.4%	7.6%
75 and over	12.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentone	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentone	Valley Head
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentone	Valley Head
Drove alone	90.4%	63.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentone	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	91.4%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
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%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentone	Valley Head
Poverty rate	19.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.14	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	51
Median year structure built	1971	1988