Mentor vs Painesville

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

Mentor and Painesville 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 20,453 in Painesville). Mentor has the higher median household income ($89,202 vs $50,455 in Painesville). Mentor has the higher median home value ($229,500 vs $151,400 in Painesville).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Painesville
Population	47,215	20,453
Median age	46.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,202	$50,455
Median home value	$229,500	$151,400
Median gross rent	$1,192	$957
Housing units	20,883	8,523
Homeownership rate	84.4%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Painesville
Population	47,096 → 47,215 (+0.3%)	19,845 → 20,453 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$72,615 → $89,202 (+22.8%)	$49,448 → $50,455 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $229,500 (+33.1%)	$103,300 → $151,400 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,192 (+24.4%)	$780 → $957 (+22.7%)

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

Painesville

Population

19,84520,453

Median household income

$49,448$50,455

Median home value

$103,300$151,400

Median gross rent

$780$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Painesville
Under 5	4.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.0%
75 and over	9.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Painesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	59.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Painesville
No high school diploma	4.3%	17.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Painesville
Drove alone	79.4%	72.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.7%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Painesville
1-unit, detached	76.8%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	12.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Painesville
Poverty rate	5.4%	22.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1971