Mentor vs Willoughby

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

Mentor and Willoughby 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 23,934 in Willoughby). Mentor has the higher median household income ($89,202 vs $70,884 in Willoughby). Mentor has the higher median home value ($229,500 vs $206,200 in Willoughby).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Willoughby
Population	47,215	23,934
Median age	46.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,202	$70,884
Median home value	$229,500	$206,200
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,147
Housing units	20,883	12,398
Homeownership rate	84.4%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Willoughby
Population	47,096 → 47,215 (+0.3%)	22,869 → 23,934 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$72,615 → $89,202 (+22.8%)	$60,332 → $70,884 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $229,500 (+33.1%)	$152,700 → $206,200 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,192 (+24.4%)	$940 → $1,147 (+22.0%)

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

Willoughby

Population

22,86923,934

Median household income

$60,332$70,884

Median home value

$152,700$206,200

Median gross rent

$940$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Willoughby
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.6%
75 and over	9.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Willoughby
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Willoughby
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Willoughby
Drove alone	79.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.1%	14.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Willoughby
1-unit, detached	76.8%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	17.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Willoughby
Poverty rate	5.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1975	1975