Mentor vs Silver Grove

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

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

Silver Grove has the higher population (1,104 vs 234 in Mentor). Mentor has the higher median household income ($99,125 vs $46,315 in Silver Grove). Mentor has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $103,400 in Silver Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Silver Grove
Population	234	1,104
Median age	35.5 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,125	$46,315
Median home value	$196,200	$103,400
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	109	611
Homeownership rate	90.5%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Silver Grove
Population	300 → 234 (-22.0%)	1,499 → 1,104 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$59,896 → $99,125 (+65.5%)	$56,389 → $46,315 (-17.9%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $196,200 (+20.1%)	$104,600 → $103,400 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $608 (+15.8%)	$649 → $675 (+4.0%)

Mentor

Population

300234

Median household income

$59,896$99,125

Median home value

$163,400$196,200

Median gross rent

$525$608

Silver Grove

Population

1,4991,104

Median household income

$56,389$46,315

Median home value

$104,600$103,400

Median gross rent

$649$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Silver Grove
Under 5	4.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	23.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	20.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	4.3%
75 and over	5.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Silver Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Silver Grove
No high school diploma	5.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Silver Grove
Drove alone	85.4%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Silver Grove
1-unit, detached	87.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Silver Grove
Poverty rate	7.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.46	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1956	1949