Mendon vs White Pigeon

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

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

White Pigeon has the higher population (1,637 vs 839 in Mendon). Mendon has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $44,063 in White Pigeon). White Pigeon has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $123,000 in Mendon).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	White Pigeon
Population	839	1,637
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,031	$44,063
Median home value	$123,000	$143,100
Median gross rent	$989	$769
Housing units	328	778
Homeownership rate	81.6%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	White Pigeon
Population	939 → 839 (-10.6%)	1,613 → 1,637 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$62,917 → $82,031 (+30.4%)	$43,603 → $44,063 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $123,000 (+48.6%)	$83,900 → $143,100 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $989 (+18.6%)	$709 → $769 (+8.5%)

Mendon

Population

939839

Median household income

$62,917$82,031

Median home value

$82,800$123,000

Median gross rent

$834$989

White Pigeon

Population

1,6131,637

Median household income

$43,603$44,063

Median home value

$83,900$143,100

Median gross rent

$709$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	White Pigeon
Under 5	5.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.2%
75 and over	3.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	White Pigeon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	White Pigeon
No high school diploma	9.2%	17.5%
High school graduate	27.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	White Pigeon
Drove alone	76.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	White Pigeon
1-unit, detached	91.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	White Pigeon
Poverty rate	9.7%	24.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1948	1956