Fort Recovery vs Mendon

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

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

Fort Recovery has the higher population (1,863 vs 600 in Mendon). Fort Recovery has the higher median household income ($66,833 vs $59,583 in Mendon). Fort Recovery has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $100,400 in Mendon).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
Population	1,863	600
Median age	34.7 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,833	$59,583
Median home value	$162,000	$100,400
Median gross rent	$767	$785
Housing units	727	244
Homeownership rate	86.1%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
Population	1,526 → 1,863 (+22.1%)	666 → 600 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$63,077 → $66,833 (+6.0%)	$44,833 → $59,583 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $162,000 (+39.7%)	$77,200 → $100,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $767 (+62.2%)	$820 → $785 (-4.3%)

Fort Recovery

Population

1,5261,863

Median household income

$63,077$66,833

Median home value

$116,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$473$767

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)

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
Under 5	3.7%	13.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.8%
75 and over	8.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
Drove alone	91.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
1-unit, detached	85.4%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Recovery	Mendon
Poverty rate	2.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1964	1954