Mendota vs Peru

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

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

Peru has the higher population (9,863 vs 6,915 in Mendota). Peru has the higher median household income ($68,147 vs $58,939 in Mendota). Peru has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $121,100 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Peru
Population	6,915	9,863
Median age	39.2 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,939	$68,147
Median home value	$121,100	$155,600
Median gross rent	$826	$879
Housing units	3,088	4,912
Homeownership rate	66.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Peru
Population	7,057 → 6,915 (-2.0%)	9,798 → 9,863 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$54,188 → $58,939 (+8.8%)	$51,321 → $68,147 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $121,100 (+11.5%)	$127,400 → $155,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $826 (+38.8%)	$744 → $879 (+18.1%)

Mendota

Population

7,0576,915

Median household income

$54,188$58,939

Median home value

$108,600$121,100

Median gross rent

$595$826

Peru

Population

9,7989,863

Median household income

$51,321$68,147

Median home value

$127,400$155,600

Median gross rent

$744$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Peru
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.2%
75 and over	9.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Peru
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Peru
Drove alone	82.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Peru
1-unit, detached	73.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Peru
Poverty rate	13.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1962	1957