A town of 47,171, settled in 1797. Home to 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Mentor does most differently from other towns.
1880 · Ohio. The busy life of a president-elec…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 13 places on the National Register.
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Arrival of visitors outside home of James A. Garfield, at Mentor, Ohio
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Ordered by what stands out in Mentor. Another town gets a different order.
Mentor beats the Ohio average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Mentor | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.2% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.7% |
15 miles of trails across 13 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve | 3.8 mi | 218 |
| 2. Spring Brook Gardens Park | 1.9 mi | 47 |
| 3. Wildwood Cultural Park | 1.5 mi | 35 |
About one in 4 of Mentor’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (13%), Willoughby (6%) and Euclid (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
The public schools Mentor’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Elementary School | K–5 | 661 | A− |
| Hopkins Elementary School | K–5 | 466 | A |
| Bellflower Elementary School | K–5 | 465 | B+ |
| Orchard Hollow Elementary School | K–5 | 359 | A− |
| Fairfax Elementary School | K–5 | 310 | A− |
| Sterling Morton Elementary School | K–5 | 298 | B |
The typical Mentor home is worth about $278,000, up 3.6% in a year, 12% above the Ohio typical home.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 13% of U.S. communities.
Mentor has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 114 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Mentor reports less crime per resident than 54% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
13 places in Mentor on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Ohio, United States
Mentor ( MEN-tər; also, MEN-nər) is a city located in Lake County, Ohio, United States. It is situated on the south shore of Lake Erie. A suburb northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, it is part of the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. Its population during the 2020 census was 47,450. Mentor (also known as Mentor City) is the most populous city in Lake County, Ohio. Mentor was settled in 1797. In 1876, James A. Garfield purchased a home there, from which he conducted the first successful front porch campaign for the United States presidency in 1880; 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 swimm…
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8 towns share a border with Mentor.
