Lilydale vs Mendota Heights

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

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

Mendota Heights has the higher population (11,644 vs 752 in Lilydale). Mendota Heights has the higher median household income ($132,935 vs $93,393 in Lilydale). Mendota Heights has the higher median home value ($504,100 vs $389,300 in Lilydale).

Population, income & housing

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
Population	752	11,644
Median age	73.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,393	$132,935
Median home value	$389,300	$504,100
Median gross rent	$2,359	$1,557
Housing units	546	4,879
Homeownership rate	52.9%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	67.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
Population	917 → 752 (-18.0%)	11,289 → 11,644 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$72,054 → $93,393 (+29.6%)	$121,214 → $132,935 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$370,700 → $389,300 (+5.0%)	$392,600 → $504,100 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,998 → $2,359 (+18.1%)	$1,127 → $1,557 (+38.2%)

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 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)

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
Under 5	0.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	3.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	2.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	22.7%	14.1%
75 and over	46.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	79.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	10.0%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
No high school diploma	0.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	15.8%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
Drove alone	71.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.0%	28.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
1-unit, detached	1.8%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	78.8%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lilydale	Mendota Heights
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.6%
Average household size	1.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1984	1983