Mendota vs Oglesby

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

Mendota and Oglesby 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 3,723 in Oglesby). Oglesby has the higher median household income ($71,618 vs $58,939 in Mendota). Oglesby has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $121,100 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Oglesby
Population	6,915	3,723
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,939	$71,618
Median home value	$121,100	$130,900
Median gross rent	$826	$810
Housing units	3,088	1,765
Homeownership rate	66.9%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Oglesby
Population	7,057 → 6,915 (-2.0%)	3,549 → 3,723 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$54,188 → $58,939 (+8.8%)	$60,508 → $71,618 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $121,100 (+11.5%)	$99,500 → $130,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $826 (+38.8%)	$604 → $810 (+34.1%)

Mendota

Population

7,0576,915

Median household income

$54,188$58,939

Median home value

$108,600$121,100

Median gross rent

$595$826

Oglesby

Population

3,5493,723

Median household income

$60,508$71,618

Median home value

$99,500$130,900

Median gross rent

$604$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Oglesby
Under 5	4.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.0%
75 and over	9.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Oglesby
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Oglesby
No high school diploma	15.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Oglesby
Drove alone	82.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Oglesby
1-unit, detached	73.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Oglesby
Poverty rate	13.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1962	1957