Mentor-on-the-Lake vs Wickliffe

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

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

Wickliffe has the higher population (12,639 vs 7,117 in Mentor-on-the-Lake). Wickliffe has the higher median household income ($79,052 vs $61,320 in Mentor-on-the-Lake). Mentor-on-the-Lake has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $158,400 in Wickliffe).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
Population	7,117	12,639
Median age	46.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,320	$79,052
Median home value	$171,200	$158,400
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,234
Housing units	3,867	5,671
Homeownership rate	60.3%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
Population	7,391 → 7,117 (-3.7%)	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,642 → $61,320 (+12.2%)	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $171,200 (+28.5%)	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,021 (+13.2%)	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)

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

Wickliffe

Population

12,74312,639

Median household income

$61,105$79,052

Median home value

$121,500$158,400

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
Under 5	3.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	23.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.8%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	84.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
Drove alone	86.5%	84.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
1-unit, detached	61.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Wickliffe
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1974	1957