Mentor-on-the-Lake vs Willoughby Hills

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

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

Willoughby Hills has the higher population (9,979 vs 7,117 in Mentor-on-the-Lake). Willoughby Hills has the higher median household income ($61,641 vs $61,320 in Mentor-on-the-Lake). Willoughby Hills has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $171,200 in Mentor-on-the-Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
Population	7,117	9,979
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,320	$61,641
Median home value	$171,200	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,091
Housing units	3,867	5,355
Homeownership rate	60.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
Population	7,391 → 7,117 (-3.7%)	9,527 → 9,979 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$54,642 → $61,320 (+12.2%)	$59,328 → $61,641 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $171,200 (+28.5%)	$254,700 → $305,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,021 (+13.2%)	$925 → $1,091 (+17.9%)

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

Willoughby Hills

Population

9,5279,979

Median household income

$59,328$61,641

Median home value

$254,700$305,800

Median gross rent

$925$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	23.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.9%
75 and over	8.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	68.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
Drove alone	86.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	18.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
1-unit, detached	61.3%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	50.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Willoughby Hills
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.7%
Average household size	1.97	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1974	1973