Mendon vs Prairie Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Mendon and Prairie Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Mendon and Prairie Hill are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mendon has the higher population (204 vs 153 in Prairie Hill). Since 2019, Prairie Hill's population has grown faster (+200.0% vs -12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
Population	204	153
Median age	31.3 yrs	17.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	—
Median gross rent	$588	—
Housing units	102	35
Homeownership rate	87.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
Population	232 → 204 (-12.1%)	51 → 153 (+200.0%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $55,625 (+21.1%)	—
Median home value	$45,000 → $61,300 (+36.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $588 (-12.9%)	—

Mendon

Population

232204

Median household income

$45,938$55,625

Median home value

$45,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$675$588

Prairie Hill

Population

51153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	61.4%
18 to 24	2.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	22.9%
55 to 64	5.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	0.0%
75 and over	9.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
No high school diploma	7.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
Drove alone	91.3%	58.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	41.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
1-unit, detached	85.3%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	Prairie Hill
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	4.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1958	—