Lake Arrowhead vs Mentone

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

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

Lake Arrowhead has the higher population (10,746 vs 9,487 in Mentone). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($88,147 vs $70,466 in Mentone). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($545,100 vs $414,200 in Mentone).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
Population	10,746	9,487
Median age	48.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,147	$70,466
Median home value	$545,100	$414,200
Median gross rent	$1,739	$1,390
Housing units	11,742	3,622
Homeownership rate	82.8%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
Population	8,940 → 10,746 (+20.2%)	9,793 → 9,487 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$61,732 → $88,147 (+42.8%)	$68,650 → $70,466 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$373,700 → $545,100 (+45.9%)	$310,300 → $414,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,739 (+54.9%)	$1,067 → $1,390 (+30.3%)

Lake Arrowhead

Population

8,94010,746

Median household income

$61,732$88,147

Median home value

$373,700$545,100

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,739

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)

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
Under 5	2.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	7.9%
75 and over	7.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	47.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	20.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
Drove alone	74.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
1-unit, detached	91.2%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	Mentone
Poverty rate	11.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1977	1982