Farmington vs Mendota Heights

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

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

Farmington has the higher population (23,675 vs 11,644 in Mendota Heights). Mendota Heights has the higher median household income ($132,935 vs $118,556 in Farmington). Mendota Heights has the higher median home value ($504,100 vs $345,100 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
Population	23,675	11,644
Median age	35.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,556	$132,935
Median home value	$345,100	$504,100
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,557
Housing units	8,475	4,879
Homeownership rate	86.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	67.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
Population	22,869 → 23,675 (+3.5%)	11,289 → 11,644 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$95,331 → $118,556 (+24.4%)	$121,214 → $132,935 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$254,200 → $345,100 (+35.8%)	$392,600 → $504,100 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,275 (+21.2%)	$1,127 → $1,557 (+38.2%)

Farmington

Population

22,86923,675

Median household income

$95,331$118,556

Median home value

$254,200$345,100

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,275

Mendota Heights

Population

11,28911,644

Median household income

$121,214$132,935

Median home value

$392,600$504,100

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
Under 5	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	4.3%	14.1%
75 and over	3.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	79.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.6%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
Drove alone	74.9%	66.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.6%	28.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
1-unit, detached	71.2%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	5.3%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Mendota Heights
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1997	1983