Marseilles vs Mendota

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

Marseilles 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 4,071 in Marseilles). Mendota has the higher median household income ($58,939 vs $56,777 in Marseilles). Mendota has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $119,100 in Marseilles).

Population, income & housing

	Marseilles	Mendota
Population	4,071	6,915
Median age	41.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,777	$58,939
Median home value	$119,100	$121,100
Median gross rent	$1,039	$826
Housing units	2,119	3,088
Homeownership rate	64.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marseilles	Mendota
Population	5,032 → 4,071 (-19.1%)	7,057 → 6,915 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $56,777 (-3.4%)	$54,188 → $58,939 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $119,100 (+9.9%)	$108,600 → $121,100 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,039 (+9.5%)	$595 → $826 (+38.8%)

Marseilles

Population

5,0324,071

Median household income

$58,750$56,777

Median home value

$108,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,039

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)

	Marseilles	Mendota
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.2%
75 and over	6.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marseilles	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marseilles	Mendota
No high school diploma	5.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	44.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marseilles	Mendota
Drove alone	83.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marseilles	Mendota
1-unit, detached	63.9%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Marseilles	Mendota
Poverty rate	16.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1963	1962