A typical Mentor home is worth roughly $223,000
The median sale price was $190,000 in May 2026.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Mentor?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 70% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Mentor rose 70% over the past 5 years, faster than across Kentucky (50%). Last year prices rose 14%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mentor, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
What it takes to buy in Mentor
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Mentor home, with $32K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,440 a month here, $130 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Kentucky typical property tax (0.75% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,440
Renters already here pay a median of $685, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
83% of Mentor households own their home
Half of Mentor’s homes were built before 1980.
Kentucky: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Neighbors talk housing
What Mentor buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.