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About Mentor, Ohio
Mentor

Mentor ( MEN-tər) is the largest city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 47,450 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.

Mentor was first settled in 1797. In 1876, James A. Garfield purchased a home in Mentor, from which he conducted the first successful front porch campaign for the presidency; the house is now maintained as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site. The city is home to Headlands Beach State Park, the longest public swimming beach in Ohio.

The city is a major center of retail stores and restaurants. Mentor Avenue (US 20) is the city's commercial corridor, which includes Great Lakes Mall, and additional shopping is found along most major roads. Manufacturing in the city includes medical products, polymers, plastics, electric boards, and other peripherals that generally serve the computer and automation industries. Convenient Food Mart and medical equipment company Steris are based in Mentor. CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern railroads both pass through the city.

Gender
Gender Mentor Ohio Country
Female 51.3% 51% 50.8%
Male 48.7% 49% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female51.3%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%3%6%8%12%19%15%21%8%7%$100K to $150K20.5%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Mentor Ohio Country
Less than $10,000 2.6% 6.6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 2.5% 4.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 6.4% 9.5% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.4% 9.6% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 12.1% 13.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.6% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 14.8% 13% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 20.5% 14.4% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 7.5% 5.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 6.6% 5.2% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.00%6%30%21%10%21%10%1%1%High School or GED30%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Mentor Ohio Country
< 9th Grade 0% 2% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 7% 7.0%
High School or GED 30% 33% 27.0%
Other College 21% 20% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 10% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 21% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 10% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Mentor Ohio  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K2.66.65.82.54.44.16.49.58.58.49.68.612.113.31218.618.417.214.81312.820.514.415.67.55.67.16.65.28.3
Education
 Mentor Ohio  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade02567730332721202010992118201089122111
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.093%1%0%2%2%0%2%0%White92.6%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Mentor Ohio Country
White 92.6% 78.3% 60.1%
African American 1% 12.2% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 1.9% 2.3% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.8% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.5% 3.9% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Mentor Ohio  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.00255075100Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite92.678.360.1112.212.200.10.61.92.35.6000.20.30.30.31.82.92.82.53.918.2