Mendon vs Payson

A side-by-side comparison of Mendon and Payson: population, income, housing, and more.

Mendon and Payson are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mendon has the higher population (1,131 vs 1,030 in Payson). Mendon has the higher median household income ($62,778 vs $62,262 in Payson). Payson has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $108,500 in Mendon).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	Payson
Population	1,131	1,030
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,778	$62,262
Median home value	$108,500	$118,000
Median gross rent	$661	$967
Housing units	445	409
Homeownership rate	77.5%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	Payson
Population	843 → 1,131 (+34.2%)	1,107 → 1,030 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$53,421 → $62,778 (+17.5%)	$59,926 → $62,262 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $108,500 (+20.7%)	$95,100 → $118,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $661 (-15.1%)	$595 → $967 (+62.5%)

Mendon

Population

8431,131

Median household income

$53,421$62,778

Median home value

$89,900$108,500

Median gross rent

$779$661

Payson

Population

1,1071,030

Median household income

$59,926$62,262

Median home value

$95,100$118,000

Median gross rent

$595$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	Payson
Under 5	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	27.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	Payson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	Payson
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	Payson
Drove alone	86.5%	89.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	Payson
1-unit, detached	78.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	Payson
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1969	1973