Mendota vs Parlier

A side-by-side comparison of Mendota and Parlier: population, income, housing, and more.

Mendota and Parlier are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parlier has the higher population (14,545 vs 12,554 in Mendota). Parlier has the higher median household income ($50,910 vs $46,458 in Mendota). Mendota has the higher median home value ($250,400 vs $236,100 in Parlier).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Parlier
Population	12,554	14,545
Median age	24.9 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,458	$50,910
Median home value	$250,400	$236,100
Median gross rent	$874	$1,059
Housing units	3,224	3,847
Homeownership rate	47.1%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Parlier
Population	11,531 → 12,554 (+8.9%)	15,312 → 14,545 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$31,237 → $46,458 (+48.7%)	$34,905 → $50,910 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $250,400 (+57.8%)	$161,600 → $236,100 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $874 (+11.5%)	$857 → $1,059 (+23.6%)

Mendota

Population

11,53112,554

Median household income

$31,237$46,458

Median home value

$158,700$250,400

Median gross rent

$784$874

Parlier

Population

15,31214,545

Median household income

$34,905$50,910

Median home value

$161,600$236,100

Median gross rent

$857$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Parlier
Under 5	9.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	28.7%	26.6%
18 to 24	12.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	6.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	4.8%
75 and over	2.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Parlier
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	1.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Parlier
No high school diploma	60.7%	48.3%
High school graduate	23.7%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Parlier
Drove alone	54.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	34.3%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.7%
Other means	5.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Parlier
1-unit, detached	66.8%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Parlier
Poverty rate	30.3%	29.9%
Average household size	4.00	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1998	1989