Fort Irwin vs Mentone

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

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

Mentone has the higher population (9,487 vs 8,791 in Fort Irwin). Mentone has the higher median household income ($70,466 vs $66,964 in Fort Irwin). Since 2019, Mentone's population has grown faster (-3.1% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
Population	8,791	9,487
Median age	23.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$70,466
Median home value	—	$414,200
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,390
Housing units	3,100	3,622
Homeownership rate	1.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
Population	9,872 → 8,791 (-11.0%)	9,793 → 9,487 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$54,787 → $66,964 (+22.2%)	$68,650 → $70,466 (+2.6%)
Median home value	—	$310,300 → $414,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,369 → $1,601 (+16.9%)	$1,067 → $1,390 (+30.3%)

Fort Irwin

Population

9,8728,791

Median household income

$54,787$66,964

Median gross rent

$1,369$1,601

Mentone

Population

9,7939,487

Median household income

$68,650$70,466

Median home value

$310,300$414,200

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
Under 5	12.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	27.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	31.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	4.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.9%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	47.0%
Black or African American	10.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
No high school diploma	2.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
Drove alone	65.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	15.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	11.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
1-unit, detached	12.5%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	41.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	6.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Irwin	Mentone
Poverty rate	11.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	9	27
Median year structure built	1993	1982