Glade Spring vs Mendota

A side-by-side comparison of Glade Spring and Mendota: population, income, housing, and more.

Glade Spring and Mendota are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glade Spring has the higher population (2,224 vs 125 in Mendota). Glade Spring has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $146,300 in Mendota). Since 2019, Glade Spring's population has grown faster (+37.6% vs -19.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Glade Spring	Mendota
Population	2,224	125
Median age	37.2 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,736	—
Median home value	$170,700	$146,300
Median gross rent	$758	—
Housing units	755	40
Homeownership rate	81.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glade Spring	Mendota
Population	1,616 → 2,224 (+37.6%)	155 → 125 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$47,900 → $76,736 (+60.2%)	$47,177 → $73,750 (+56.3%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $170,700 (+43.0%)	$144,700 → $146,300 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $758 (+1.6%)	—

Glade Spring

Population

1,6162,224

Median household income

$47,900$76,736

Median home value

$119,400$170,700

Median gross rent

$746$758

Mendota

Population

155125

Median household income

$47,177$73,750

Median home value

$144,700$146,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glade Spring	Mendota
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	7.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	4.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	47.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	25.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glade Spring	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glade Spring	Mendota
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	75.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glade Spring	Mendota
Drove alone	83.0%	88.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glade Spring	Mendota
1-unit, detached	89.9%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	50.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glade Spring	Mendota
Poverty rate	10.1%	0.0%
Average household size	3.43	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1971	1965