Mentone, California

Mentone is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

There is a good selection of housing developments (which has been slowly increasing over the past years), as well as bars, churches, and restaurants.

California State Route 38 serves as its main street, being called Mentone Boulevard upon entering the Mentone district from Redlands on the west side, then changes to Mill Creek Road on the east side of the district.

The road through Mentone serves as one of three gateways to the San Bernardino Mountains (especially the small community of Angelus Oaks and the mountainous city of Big Bear Lake).

The racial makeup of Mentone was 6,114 (70.1%) White (52.4% non-Hispanic White),[7] 438 (5.0%) African American, 122 (1.4%) Native American, 352 (4.0%) Asian, 32 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 1,234 (14.2%) from other races, and 428 (4.9%) from two or more races.

5,371 people (61.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,230 people (37.0%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009–2013, Mentone had a median household income of $58,178, with 10.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

There were 2,946 housing units at an average density of 473.0 per square mile (182.6/km2).

Property taxes are collected by San Bernardino County.

[10] In the United States House of Representatives, Mentone is split between two congressional districts: California's 33rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Pete Aguilar,[11] and California's 23rd congressional district, represented by Republican Jay Obernolte.

San Bernardino County map