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Mentor-on-the-Lake is a big small town of 7,111 people in Lake County, Ohio. It's about 23 miles from Cleveland, OH. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 103 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $189k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,111people
$189kTypical home
$1,062/moRent
82° / 36°Summer / winter
103"Snow
167Sunny days
153Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,111
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,409 people per sq mi
- 23 mi to Cleveland, OH
- 23 mi to Cleveland, OH
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $189k (≈$1,189/mo)
- Median rent $1,062/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 167 sunny days a year (32 totally clear)
- 198 cloudy days a year
- 67 of 90 winter days are gray
- 153 days a year with rain or snow
- 103" of snow a year
- 31 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (128 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (452 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 16% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to CLE airport
- 33 mi to CLE (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 604 ft
- 298 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 49 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 732 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 127 bars within 25 mi
- 201 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 13 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 39 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Ohio districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: R+14 in 2024
- Ohio: R+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk