Mentor vs Nielsville

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

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

Mentor has the higher population (143 vs 68 in Nielsville). Mentor has the higher median household income ($42,143 vs $40,313 in Nielsville). Nielsville has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $56,100 in Mentor).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Nielsville
Population	143	68
Median age	52.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,143	$40,313
Median home value	$56,100	$85,000
Median gross rent	$771	—
Housing units	94	48
Homeownership rate	85.1%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Nielsville
Population	229 → 143 (-37.6%)	115 → 68 (-40.9%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $42,143 (-20.7%)	$18,929 → $40,313 (+113.0%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $56,100 (-29.4%)	$45,000 → $85,000 (+88.9%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $771 (+15.6%)	—

Mentor

Population

229143

Median household income

$53,125$42,143

Median home value

$79,500$56,100

Median gross rent

$667$771

Nielsville

Population

11568

Median household income

$18,929$40,313

Median home value

$45,000$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Nielsville
Under 5	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	26.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	6.3%	2.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	22.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	26.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	4.4%
75 and over	11.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Nielsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Nielsville
No high school diploma	12.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	49.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Nielsville
Drove alone	69.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	1.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	14.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Nielsville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Nielsville
Poverty rate	7.0%	44.1%
Average household size	1.93	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1964	1938