Mentor vs Wickliffe

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

Mentor and Wickliffe 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 12,639 in Wickliffe). Mentor has the higher median household income ($89,202 vs $79,052 in Wickliffe). Mentor has the higher median home value ($229,500 vs $158,400 in Wickliffe).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Wickliffe
Population	47,215	12,639
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,202	$79,052
Median home value	$229,500	$158,400
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,234
Housing units	20,883	5,671
Homeownership rate	84.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Wickliffe
Population	47,096 → 47,215 (+0.3%)	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$72,615 → $89,202 (+22.8%)	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $229,500 (+33.1%)	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,192 (+24.4%)	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)

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

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	Wickliffe
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.8%
75 and over	9.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Wickliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Wickliffe
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Wickliffe
Drove alone	79.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Wickliffe
1-unit, detached	76.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Wickliffe
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1957