Mentor-on-the-Lake is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 7,106 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mentor-on-the-Lake is the 215th largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mentor-on-the-Lake is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mentor-on-the-Lake is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mentor-on-the-Lake who work in office and administrative support (11.39%), management occupations (7.45%), and healthcare (6.78%). Also of interest is that Mentor-on-the-Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.05% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Mentor-on-the-Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Mentor-on-the-Lake overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Mentor-on-the-Lake, 24.66% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Mentor-on-the-Lake in 2022 was $43,290, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,160 for a family of four. Mentor-on-the-Lake is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mentor-on-the-Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mentor-on-the-Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mentor-on-the-Lake include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Croatian. The most common language spoken in Mentor-on-the-Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.
