Mentor vs Trail

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

Mentor and Trail 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 55 in Trail). Trail has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $42,143 in Mentor). Mentor has the higher median home value ($56,100 vs $53,800 in Trail).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Trail
Population	143	55
Median age	52.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,143	$62,813
Median home value	$56,100	$53,800
Median gross rent	$771	—
Housing units	94	29
Homeownership rate	85.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Trail
Population	229 → 143 (-37.6%)	61 → 55 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $42,143 (-20.7%)	$26,071 → $62,813 (+140.9%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $56,100 (-29.4%)	$43,800 → $53,800 (+22.8%)
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

Trail

Population

6155

Median household income

$26,071$62,813

Median home value

$43,800$53,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Trail
Under 5	2.8%	29.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	1.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	3.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.1%
75 and over	11.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Trail
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Trail
No high school diploma	12.4%	20.0%
High school graduate	49.6%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Trail
Drove alone	69.3%	43.8%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	43.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	14.7%	12.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Trail
1-unit, detached	77.7%	69.0%
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%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Trail
Poverty rate	7.0%	14.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1964	1955