Mendota vs Sunfish Lake

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

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

Sunfish Lake has the higher population (594 vs 183 in Mendota). Sunfish Lake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $108,333 in Mendota). Sunfish Lake has the higher median home value ($1,109,000 vs $335,000 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
Population	183	594
Median age	44.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,333	$250,001
Median home value	$335,000	$1,109,000
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	82	217
Homeownership rate	79.2%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
Population	157 → 183 (+16.6%)	542 → 594 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$67,813 → $108,333 (+59.8%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $335,000 (+44.8%)	$1,011,700 → $1,109,000 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $850 (-2.9%)	—

Mendota

Population

157183

Median household income

$67,813$108,333

Median home value

$231,300$335,000

Median gross rent

$875$850

Sunfish Lake

Population

542594

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,011,700$1,109,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
Under 5	6.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	26.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.7%
75 and over	4.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	42.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
Drove alone	73.1%	66.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.5%
Public transit	2.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	29.2%
Other means	3.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
1-unit, detached	84.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Sunfish Lake
Poverty rate	12.6%	0.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1954	1984