Erskine vs Mentor

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

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

Erskine has the higher population (445 vs 143 in Mentor). Mentor has the higher median household income ($42,143 vs $32,083 in Erskine). Erskine has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $56,100 in Mentor).

Population, income & housing

	Erskine	Mentor
Population	445	143
Median age	36.8 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,083	$42,143
Median home value	$102,100	$56,100
Median gross rent	$806	$771
Housing units	263	94
Homeownership rate	54.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erskine	Mentor
Population	478 → 445 (-6.9%)	229 → 143 (-37.6%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $32,083 (-13.0%)	$53,125 → $42,143 (-20.7%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $102,100 (+44.4%)	$79,500 → $56,100 (-29.4%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $806 (+61.2%)	$667 → $771 (+15.6%)

Erskine

Population

478445

Median household income

$36,875$32,083

Median home value

$70,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$500$806

Mentor

Population

229143

Median household income

$53,125$42,143

Median home value

$79,500$56,100

Median gross rent

$667$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erskine	Mentor
Under 5	9.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	21.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.9%
75 and over	10.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erskine	Mentor
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erskine	Mentor
No high school diploma	12.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erskine	Mentor
Drove alone	78.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erskine	Mentor
1-unit, detached	72.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Erskine	Mentor
Poverty rate	16.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.07	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1959	1964