Cost of living in Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio has about 7,111 people. Typical rent is $1,062 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $67,188 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,062 a month.
Mentor-on-the-Lake is a city in Ohio. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $67,188 a year.
- People
- 7,111
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,062
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $67,188
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $188,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,274
- Cleveland, OH HUD Metro FMR Area
Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio has about 7,111 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $188,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Lake County is $1,274 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mentor-on-the-Lake. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Cleveland, OH metro area, prices sit at 93.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Ohio taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mentor-on-the-Lake's exact store tax.
Some places in Ohio add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 1.20% of income. That is not a Mentor-on-the-Lake bill.
In July 2026, a typical Ohio home paid 19.45¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Mentor-on-the-Lake's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in Ohio averaged $3.06 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 618 places we list in Ohio with a rent figure, 204 have higher typical rent than Mentor-on-the-Lake.
Nearby places
- Mentor
Typical rent $1,239
Compare with Mentor-on-the-Lake - Fairport Harbor
Typical rent $974
Compare with Mentor-on-the-Lake - Eastlake
Typical rent $973
Compare with Mentor-on-the-Lake - Painesville
Typical rent $1,036
Compare with Mentor-on-the-Lake - Willoughby
Typical rent $1,171
Compare with Mentor-on-the-Lake - Willowick
Typical rent $1,053
Compare with Mentor-on-the-Lake - Kirtland
Typical rent $874
- Wickliffe
Typical rent $1,207
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Ohio
Bigger places in Ohio
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.