Kirtland vs Mentor-on-the-Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Kirtland and Mentor-on-the-Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mentor-on-the-Lake has the higher population (7,117 vs 6,913 in Kirtland). Kirtland has the higher median household income ($117,794 vs $61,320 in Mentor-on-the-Lake). Kirtland has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $171,200 in Mentor-on-the-Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Population	6,913	7,117
Median age	48.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,794	$61,320
Median home value	$377,500	$171,200
Median gross rent	$906	$1,021
Housing units	2,750	3,867
Homeownership rate	93.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Population	6,822 → 6,913 (+1.3%)	7,391 → 7,117 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$91,683 → $117,794 (+28.5%)	$54,642 → $61,320 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$296,100 → $377,500 (+27.5%)	$133,200 → $171,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $906 (+15.9%)	$902 → $1,021 (+13.2%)

Kirtland

Population

6,8226,913

Median household income

$91,683$117,794

Median home value

$296,100$377,500

Median gross rent

$782$906

Mentor-on-the-Lake

Population

7,3917,117

Median household income

$54,642$61,320

Median home value

$133,200$171,200

Median gross rent

$902$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Under 5	3.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	23.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.4%
75 and over	10.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Drove alone	72.2%	86.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	5.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
1-unit, detached	89.5%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirtland	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Poverty rate	5.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.54	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1974