Mentone vs Spring Valley Lake

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

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

Spring Valley Lake has the higher population (10,098 vs 9,487 in Mentone). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($93,040 vs $70,466 in Mentone). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($439,500 vs $414,200 in Mentone).

Population, income & housing

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
Population	9,487	10,098
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,466	$93,040
Median home value	$414,200	$439,500
Median gross rent	$1,390	$2,264
Housing units	3,622	3,493
Homeownership rate	63.7%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
Population	9,793 → 9,487 (-3.1%)	8,403 → 10,098 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$68,650 → $70,466 (+2.6%)	$84,727 → $93,040 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$310,300 → $414,200 (+33.5%)	$281,100 → $439,500 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,390 (+30.3%)	$1,713 → $2,264 (+32.2%)

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

Spring Valley Lake

Population

8,40310,098

Median household income

$84,727$93,040

Median home value

$281,100$439,500

Median gross rent

$1,713$2,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
Under 5	6.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	59.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
Drove alone	82.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	11.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	64.7%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentone	Spring Valley Lake
Poverty rate	11.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.73	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1982	1987