Mendon vs Sumner

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

Mendon and Sumner 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 69 in Sumner). Mendon has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $48,750 in Sumner). Since 2019, Mendon's population has grown faster (-12.1% vs -47.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	Sumner
Population	204	69
Median age	31.3 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$48,750
Median home value	—	$82,500
Median gross rent	$588	—
Housing units	102	67
Homeownership rate	87.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	Sumner
Population	232 → 204 (-12.1%)	131 → 69 (-47.3%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $55,625 (+21.1%)	$47,500 → $48,750 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $61,300 (+36.2%)	$55,000 → $82,500 (+50.0%)
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

Sumner

Population

13169

Median household income

$47,500$48,750

Median home value

$55,000$82,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	Sumner
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	28.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	5.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	26.1%
75 and over	9.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	92.8%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	Sumner
No high school diploma	7.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	Sumner
Drove alone	91.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	Sumner
1-unit, detached	85.3%	55.2%
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%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	Sumner
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1958	1971