Coates vs Mendota

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

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

Mendota has the higher population (183 vs 111 in Coates). Mendota has the higher median household income ($108,333 vs $79,583 in Coates). Mendota has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $236,800 in Coates).

Population, income & housing

	Coates	Mendota
Population	111	183
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$108,333
Median home value	$236,800	$335,000
Median gross rent	$1,109	$850
Housing units	49	82
Homeownership rate	75.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coates	Mendota
Population	152 → 111 (-27.0%)	157 → 183 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $79,583 (+28.6%)	$67,813 → $108,333 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$192,500 → $236,800 (+23.0%)	$231,300 → $335,000 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,109 (+25.7%)	$875 → $850 (-2.9%)

Coates

Population

152111

Median household income

$61,875$79,583

Median home value

$192,500$236,800

Median gross rent

$882$1,109

Mendota

Population

157183

Median household income

$67,813$108,333

Median home value

$231,300$335,000

Median gross rent

$875$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coates	Mendota
Under 5	3.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	5.4%	26.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.8%
75 and over	8.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coates	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.6%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coates	Mendota
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coates	Mendota
Drove alone	96.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coates	Mendota
1-unit, detached	75.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coates	Mendota
Poverty rate	17.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1956	1954