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Mentz town, Cayuga County, NY

1,753 Population
16.9 square miles 103.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±5.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cayuga County: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,349 ±$3,345 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cayuga County: $36,905 ±$1,015
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,602 ±$5,122 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cayuga County: $67,904 ±$2,566
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20% ±7.4% (350  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cayuga County: 13.5% 9,690 (±1.2% / ±889)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.5 minutes ±8 (20,980  ±7,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cayuga County: 22.8 716,465 (±1.1 / ±39,238)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

798 ±87 Number of households
  • Cayuga County: 31,524 ±438
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,738  ±212) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cayuga County: 2.3 71,384 (±0 / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±8.3% (33  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cayuga County: 6.4% † 955 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

898 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Cayuga County: 36,829 ±115
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,500 ±$30,776 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cayuga County: $171,000 ±$3,760
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±4.9% (203  ±88.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cayuga County: 10.2% † 7,578 (±1.1% / ±836.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.1% ±0.8% (1,145  ±141.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cayuga County: 89.4% 49,123 (±2.4% / ±1,329.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.3% ±3.7% (124  ±51) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cayuga County: 24.6% 13,529 (±1.2% / ±671.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±0.8% (18  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cayuga County: 2.6% 1,946
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±2.6% (130  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cayuga County: 6.9% 4,189 (±0.6% / ±348)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
130 Total veterans ±40 108 Male ±33 22 Female ±22

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