Colon vs Mendon

A side-by-side comparison of Colon and Mendon: population, income, housing, and more.

Colon and Mendon are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colon has the higher population (1,432 vs 839 in Mendon). Mendon has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $53,750 in Colon). Colon has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $123,000 in Mendon).

Population, income & housing

	Colon	Mendon
Population	1,432	839
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$82,031
Median home value	$123,700	$123,000
Median gross rent	$745	$989
Housing units	837	328
Homeownership rate	71.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colon	Mendon
Population	1,133 → 1,432 (+26.4%)	939 → 839 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$46,364 → $53,750 (+15.9%)	$62,917 → $82,031 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $123,700 (+37.0%)	$82,800 → $123,000 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $745 (+34.2%)	$834 → $989 (+18.6%)

Colon

Population

1,1331,432

Median household income

$46,364$53,750

Median home value

$90,300$123,700

Median gross rent

$555$745

Mendon

Population

939839

Median household income

$62,917$82,031

Median home value

$82,800$123,000

Median gross rent

$834$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colon	Mendon
Under 5	8.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	5.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	9.1%
75 and over	7.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colon	Mendon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colon	Mendon
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	36.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colon	Mendon
Drove alone	59.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	7.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colon	Mendon
1-unit, detached	83.3%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Colon	Mendon
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1952	1948