Mendon vs Salisbury

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

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

Salisbury has the higher population (1,629 vs 204 in Mendon). Mendon has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $53,144 in Salisbury). Since 2019, Salisbury's population has grown faster (-7.1% vs -12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	Salisbury
Population	204	1,629
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$53,144
Median home value	—	$90,900
Median gross rent	$588	$623
Housing units	102	826
Homeownership rate	87.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	Salisbury
Population	232 → 204 (-12.1%)	1,754 → 1,629 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $55,625 (+21.1%)	$41,422 → $53,144 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $61,300 (+36.2%)	$77,300 → $90,900 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $588 (-12.9%)	$558 → $623 (+11.6%)

Mendon

Population

232204

Median household income

$45,938$55,625

Median home value

$45,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$675$588

Salisbury

Population

1,7541,629

Median household income

$41,422$53,144

Median home value

$77,300$90,900

Median gross rent

$558$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	Salisbury
Under 5	10.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	28.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.8%
75 and over	9.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	Salisbury
No high school diploma	7.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	38.2%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	Salisbury
Drove alone	91.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	85.3%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	Salisbury
Poverty rate	4.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1958	1964