Mendota is home to 6,994 people in Illinois. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $134,100. That trails the Illinois median by roughly 38%. Renters pay $773 a month at the median. The median household earns $51,632, about 37% below the national median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,632, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 15%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mendota
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share8.2% → 32.7%(+24.5 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share91.4% → 61.6%(−29.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants70.5% → 62.4%(−8.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Mendota's population equals 6.4% of LaSalle County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 17% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)33.5%(158)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17%(80)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.1%(156)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.9%(23)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 471 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mendota, decade by decade
Mendota population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,018
$62,411
$129,364
9.5%
19.8
2000
7,272
$71,689
$156,845
13.2%
40.0
2010
7,372
$70,890
$159,538
13.3%
49.8
2020
7,061
$71,479
$129,931
17.7%
60.6
2024
6,994
$51,632
$134,100
22.1%
64.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
