Mentor vs Willowick

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

Mentor and Willowick 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 14,182 in Willowick). Mentor has the higher median household income ($89,202 vs $74,138 in Willowick). Mentor has the higher median home value ($229,500 vs $156,100 in Willowick).

Population, income & housing

	Mentor	Willowick
Population	47,215	14,182
Median age	46.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,202	$74,138
Median home value	$229,500	$156,100
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,021
Housing units	20,883	6,536
Homeownership rate	84.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentor	Willowick
Population	47,096 → 47,215 (+0.3%)	14,133 → 14,182 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$72,615 → $89,202 (+22.8%)	$62,016 → $74,138 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $229,500 (+33.1%)	$119,100 → $156,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,192 (+24.4%)	$860 → $1,021 (+18.7%)

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

Willowick

Population

14,13314,182

Median household income

$62,016$74,138

Median home value

$119,100$156,100

Median gross rent

$860$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentor	Willowick
Under 5	4.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.4%
75 and over	9.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentor	Willowick
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentor	Willowick
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentor	Willowick
Drove alone	79.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentor	Willowick
1-unit, detached	76.8%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mentor	Willowick
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1957