† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMentoneCaliforniaUnited States
German12.0%6.8%12.5%
Irish9.8%5.9%9.4%
English9.6%6.3%9.5%
American5.8%2.8%5.3%
Italian4.9%3.4%4.8%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.8%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.6%0.9%2.2%
Mexican34.3%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.4%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.9%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
African American†4.3%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Chinese1.8%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.8%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.6%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.6%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.6%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.2%0.3%—
Indonesian0.2%——
Aztec4.9%0.3%—
Maya2.4%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Mentone
California
United States
Median age
37.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mentone
California
United States
Median household income
$74,708
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.9%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mentone
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
15.2%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.0%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.2%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mentone
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Mentone, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−26.0%
2008
−7.9%
2012
−13.2%
2016
−6.9%
2020
−4.6%
2024
−14.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
41.0%Harris1,611
55.8%Trump2,194
3.2%
R+14.8
R+10.2
R+13.4
3,931
R
46.2%Biden1,997
50.8%Trump2,197
3.1%
R+4.6
D+2.3
R+9.1
4,327
R
42.9%Clinton1,411
49.8%Trump1,638
7.3%
R+6.9
D+6.3
R+9.0
3,288
R
42.0%Obama1,324
55.3%Romney1,741
2.7%
R+13.2
R+5.4
R+17.1
3,149
R
45.8%Obama1,459
53.7%McCain1,710
0.4%
R+7.9
D+18.1
R+15.2
3,183
R
36.5%Kerry1,064
62.5%Bush1,820
1.0%
R+26.0
—
R+23.5
2,912
Mentone sits in San Bernardino County's Inland Empire, a region that has shifted measurably toward competitive margins as Latino population growth and housing cost pressures reshape its traditionally Republican suburban base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 26.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.8 points.
A population of 9,514, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,708 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orland and De Queen.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Mentone, California voted Republican by 14.8 points (R+14.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,931 votes cast, 1,611 went Democratic and 2,194 went Republican.
How many people live in Mentone, California?
Mentone, California has a population of 9,514 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mentone, California?
Median household income in Mentone, California is $74,708 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Mentone, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Mentone, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
