Eastlake vs Mentor

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

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

Mentor has the higher population (47,215 vs 17,538 in Eastlake). Mentor has the higher median household income ($89,202 vs $62,510 in Eastlake). Mentor has the higher median home value ($229,500 vs $168,300 in Eastlake).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Mentor
Population	17,538	47,215
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,510	$89,202
Median home value	$168,300	$229,500
Median gross rent	$968	$1,192
Housing units	8,560	20,883
Homeownership rate	73.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Mentor
Population	18,156 → 17,538 (-3.4%)	47,096 → 47,215 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,698 → $62,510 (+14.3%)	$72,615 → $89,202 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $168,300 (+26.5%)	$172,400 → $229,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $968 (+11.4%)	$958 → $1,192 (+24.4%)

Eastlake

Population

18,15617,538

Median household income

$54,698$62,510

Median home value

$133,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$869$968

Mentor

Population

47,09647,215

Median household income

$72,615$89,202

Median home value

$172,400$229,500

Median gross rent

$958$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Mentor
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.3%
75 and over	9.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Mentor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Mentor
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	40.7%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Mentor
Drove alone	79.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Mentor
1-unit, detached	82.6%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Mentor
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1965	1975