California vs Mentor

A side-by-side comparison of California and Mentor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mentor has the higher population (234 vs 70 in California). Mentor has the higher median household income ($99,125 vs $76,875 in California). Mentor has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $141,700 in California).

Population, income & housing

	California	Mentor
Population	70	234
Median age	53.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$99,125
Median home value	$141,700	$196,200
Housing units	39	109
Homeownership rate	96.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California	Mentor
Population	91 → 70 (-23.1%)	300 → 234 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$78,125 → $76,875 (-1.6%)	$59,896 → $99,125 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$99,400 → $141,700 (+42.6%)	$163,400 → $196,200 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $608 (+15.8%)

California

Population

9170

Median household income

$78,125$76,875

Median home value

$99,400$141,700

Mentor

Population

300234

Median household income

$59,896$99,125

Median home value

$163,400$196,200

Median gross rent

$525$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California	Mentor
Under 5	1.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	2.9%	23.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	25.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.5%
75 and over	5.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California	Mentor
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California	Mentor
No high school diploma	16.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California	Mentor
Drove alone	86.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California	Mentor
1-unit, detached	69.2%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	California	Mentor
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1977	1956