Mendota vs Ottawa

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

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

Ottawa has the higher population (18,714 vs 6,915 in Mendota). Ottawa has the higher median household income ($73,011 vs $58,939 in Mendota). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($144,500 vs $121,100 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Ottawa
Population	6,915	18,714
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,939	$73,011
Median home value	$121,100	$144,500
Median gross rent	$826	$922
Housing units	3,088	8,394
Homeownership rate	66.9%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Ottawa
Population	7,057 → 6,915 (-2.0%)	18,792 → 18,714 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$54,188 → $58,939 (+8.8%)	$51,288 → $73,011 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $121,100 (+11.5%)	$128,000 → $144,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $826 (+38.8%)	$819 → $922 (+12.6%)

Mendota

Population

7,0576,915

Median household income

$54,188$58,939

Median home value

$108,600$121,100

Median gross rent

$595$826

Ottawa

Population

18,79218,714

Median household income

$51,288$73,011

Median home value

$128,000$144,500

Median gross rent

$819$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Ottawa
Under 5	4.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.1%
75 and over	9.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Ottawa
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Ottawa
No high school diploma	15.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Ottawa
Drove alone	82.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Ottawa
1-unit, detached	73.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Ottawa
Poverty rate	13.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1962	1958