Lake Holiday vs Mendota

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

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

Mendota has the higher population (6,915 vs 5,402 in Lake Holiday). Lake Holiday has the higher median household income ($112,250 vs $58,939 in Mendota). Lake Holiday has the higher median home value ($235,300 vs $121,100 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
Population	5,402	6,915
Median age	48.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,250	$58,939
Median home value	$235,300	$121,100
Median gross rent	$1,859	$826
Housing units	2,496	3,088
Homeownership rate	92.5%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
Population	4,512 → 5,402 (+19.7%)	7,057 → 6,915 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$85,648 → $112,250 (+31.1%)	$54,188 → $58,939 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $235,300 (+19.6%)	$108,600 → $121,100 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,859 (+26.3%)	$595 → $826 (+38.8%)

Lake Holiday

Population

4,5125,402

Median household income

$85,648$112,250

Median home value

$196,800$235,300

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,859

Mendota

Population

7,0576,915

Median household income

$54,188$58,939

Median home value

$108,600$121,100

Median gross rent

$595$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
Under 5	4.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	17.0%	10.2%
75 and over	5.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	68.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
No high school diploma	2.1%	15.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
Drove alone	86.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
1-unit, detached	83.1%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Holiday	Mendota
Poverty rate	10.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	43	21
Median year structure built	1988	1962