Mendota vs Vermillion

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

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

Vermillion has the higher population (443 vs 183 in Mendota). Mendota has the higher median household income ($108,333 vs $93,214 in Vermillion). Mendota has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $298,000 in Vermillion).

Population, income & housing

	Mendota	Vermillion
Population	183	443
Median age	44.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,333	$93,214
Median home value	$335,000	$298,000
Median gross rent	$850	$1,021
Housing units	82	182
Homeownership rate	79.2%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendota	Vermillion
Population	157 → 183 (+16.6%)	506 → 443 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$67,813 → $108,333 (+59.8%)	$79,306 → $93,214 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $335,000 (+44.8%)	$228,600 → $298,000 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $850 (-2.9%)	$863 → $1,021 (+18.3%)

Mendota

Population

157183

Median household income

$67,813$108,333

Median home value

$231,300$335,000

Median gross rent

$875$850

Vermillion

Population

506443

Median household income

$79,306$93,214

Median home value

$228,600$298,000

Median gross rent

$863$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendota	Vermillion
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	26.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.0%
75 and over	4.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendota	Vermillion
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	13.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendota	Vermillion
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendota	Vermillion
Drove alone	73.1%	91.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	5.2%
Other means	3.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendota	Vermillion
1-unit, detached	84.1%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mendota	Vermillion
Poverty rate	12.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1954	1974