Mendota vs Streator

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

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

Streator has the higher population (12,274 vs 6,915 in Mendota). Mendota has the higher median household income ($58,939 vs $54,953 in Streator). Mendota has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $88,000 in Streator).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Streator
Population	6,915	12,274
Median age	39.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,939	$54,953
Median home value	$121,100	$88,000
Median gross rent	$826	$779
Housing units	3,088	6,277
Homeownership rate	66.9%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Streator
Population	7,057 → 6,915 (-2.0%)	12,653 → 12,274 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$54,188 → $58,939 (+8.8%)	$39,736 → $54,953 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $121,100 (+11.5%)	$70,800 → $88,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $826 (+38.8%)	$641 → $779 (+21.5%)

Mendota

Population

7,0576,915

Median household income

$54,188$58,939

Median home value

$108,600$121,100

Median gross rent

$595$826

Streator

Population

12,65312,274

Median household income

$39,736$54,953

Median home value

$70,800$88,000

Median gross rent

$641$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Streator
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.8%
75 and over	9.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Streator
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.7%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Streator
No high school diploma	15.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Streator
Drove alone	82.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Streator
1-unit, detached	73.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Streator
Poverty rate	13.9%	20.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1962	1954