Coldwater vs Mendon

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

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

Coldwater has the higher population (4,387 vs 600 in Mendon). Coldwater has the higher median household income ($77,730 vs $59,583 in Mendon). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($215,700 vs $100,400 in Mendon).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Mendon
Population	4,387	600
Median age	32.1 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,730	$59,583
Median home value	$215,700	$100,400
Median gross rent	$800	$785
Housing units	1,559	244
Homeownership rate	78.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Mendon
Population	4,366 → 4,387 (+0.5%)	666 → 600 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$59,719 → $77,730 (+30.2%)	$44,833 → $59,583 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $215,700 (+52.2%)	$77,200 → $100,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $800 (+26.6%)	$820 → $785 (-4.3%)

Coldwater

Population

4,3664,387

Median household income

$59,719$77,730

Median home value

$141,700$215,700

Median gross rent

$632$800

Mendon

Population

666600

Median household income

$44,833$59,583

Median home value

$77,200$100,400

Median gross rent

$820$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Mendon
Under 5	5.7%	13.2%
5 to 17	26.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Mendon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Mendon
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Mendon
Drove alone	79.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Mendon
1-unit, detached	82.9%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Mendon
Poverty rate	2.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1974	1954