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Population (year 2000): 451. Estimated
population in July 2005: 472 (+4.7% change)
Males: 214 (47.5%), Females: 237 (52.5%)
DeKalb County
Zip code:
35984
Median resident age: 43.5 years
Median household income: $24,625 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,700 (year 2000)
Races in Mentone:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.1%)
- American Indian (3.5%)
- Two or more races (2.9%)
- Black (1.1%)
Ancestries: United States (29.0%), English
(20.2%), Irish (16.2%), German (7.3%), Welsh (3.1%),
Scotch-Irish (2.2%).
Elevation: 1708 feet
Land area: 4.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mentone
- High school or higher: 76.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mentone town
- Never married: 11.5%
- Now married: 58.8%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 12.5%
- Divorced: 14.5%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -20 (-4.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mentone:
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER DEKALB (about 16 miles; FORT
PAYNE, AL)
- REDMOND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles;
ROME, GA)
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE (about 30 miles;
CENTRE, AL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mentone:
- RICHARD B RUSSELL (about 34 miles; ROME, GA; ID: RMG)
- LOVELL FIELD (about 42 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; ID:
CHA)
- ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 71 miles; ANNISTON, AL;
ID: ANB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mentone:
- ISBELL FIELD (about 12 miles; FORT PAYNE, AL; ID:
4A9)
- BARWICK LAFAYETTE (about 22 miles; LAFAYETTE, GA;
ID: 9A5)
- STEVENSON (about 27 miles; STEVENSON, AL; ID: 7A6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mentone:
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (about 38
miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Full-time enrollment: 6,914)
- CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
41 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 4,821)
- GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles;
GADSDEN, AL; FT enrollment: 3,360)
- JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 6,418)
- LEE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; CLEVELAND, TN; FT
enrollment: 3,171)
- CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
CLEVELAND, TN; FT enrollment: 2,022)
- ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; NORMAL,
AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
Public primary/middle school in Mentone:
- MOON LAKE SCHOOL (Students: 124; Location:
5855 E RIVER RD; Grades: KG - 06)
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