Lilydale vs Mendota

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

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

Lilydale has the higher population (752 vs 183 in Mendota). Mendota has the higher median household income ($108,333 vs $93,393 in Lilydale). Lilydale has the higher median home value ($389,300 vs $335,000 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Lilydale	Mendota
Population	752	183
Median age	73.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,393	$108,333
Median home value	$389,300	$335,000
Median gross rent	$2,359	$850
Housing units	546	82
Homeownership rate	52.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilydale	Mendota
Population	917 → 752 (-18.0%)	157 → 183 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$72,054 → $93,393 (+29.6%)	$67,813 → $108,333 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$370,700 → $389,300 (+5.0%)	$231,300 → $335,000 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,998 → $2,359 (+18.1%)	$875 → $850 (-2.9%)

Lilydale

Population

917752

Median household income

$72,054$93,393

Median home value

$370,700$389,300

Median gross rent

$1,998$2,359

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)

	Lilydale	Mendota
Under 5	0.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	2.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	4.8%	26.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	22.7%	9.8%
75 and over	46.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilydale	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	81.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilydale	Mendota
No high school diploma	0.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	15.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilydale	Mendota
Drove alone	71.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.2%
Public transit	1.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilydale	Mendota
1-unit, detached	1.8%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	78.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lilydale	Mendota
Poverty rate	3.7%	12.6%
Average household size	1.51	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1984	1954