Mentor vs Winger

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

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

Winger has the higher population (184 vs 143 in Mentor). Winger has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $42,143 in Mentor). Winger has the higher median home value ($78,600 vs $56,100 in Mentor).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Winger
Population	143	184
Median age	52.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,143	$47,500
Median home value	$56,100	$78,600
Median gross rent	$771	$725
Housing units	94	105
Homeownership rate	85.1%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Winger
Population	229 → 143 (-37.6%)	192 → 184 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $42,143 (-20.7%)	$36,042 → $47,500 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $56,100 (-29.4%)	$73,300 → $78,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $771 (+15.6%)	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)

Mentor

Population

229143

Median household income

$53,125$42,143

Median home value

$79,500$56,100

Median gross rent

$667$771

Winger

Population

192184

Median household income

$36,042$47,500

Median home value

$73,300$78,600

Median gross rent

$638$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Winger
Under 5	2.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	23.9%
55 to 64	21.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.1%
75 and over	11.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Winger
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Winger
No high school diploma	12.4%	21.6%
High school graduate	49.6%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Winger
Drove alone	69.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	14.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Winger
1-unit, detached	77.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Winger
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1964	1938