Mendon vs Newton

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

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

Mendon has the higher population (1,446 vs 899 in Newton). Mendon has the higher median household income ($141,563 vs $80,000 in Newton). Mendon has the higher median home value ($525,000 vs $347,800 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	Newton
Population	1,446	899
Median age	35.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$141,563	$80,000
Median home value	$525,000	$347,800
Median gross rent	$753	—
Housing units	440	250
Homeownership rate	90.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	Newton
Population	1,214 → 1,446 (+19.1%)	780 → 899 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $141,563 (+77.0%)	$70,000 → $80,000 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $525,000 (+94.5%)	$215,000 → $347,800 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $753 (+3.9%)	$638 → $628 (-1.6%)

Mendon

Population

1,2141,446

Median household income

$80,000$141,563

Median home value

$269,900$525,000

Median gross rent

$725$753

Newton

Population

780899

Median household income

$70,000$80,000

Median home value

$215,000$347,800

Median gross rent

$638$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	Newton
Under 5	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	28.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	13.1%
75 and over	3.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	Newton
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	17.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	Newton
Drove alone	68.7%	73.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	7.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	Newton
1-unit, detached	90.2%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	Newton
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.3%
Average household size	3.29	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1992	1975