Mendota, IL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mendota, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,216. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MENDOTA-IL · Mendota, IL 1 ZIPs · 9,216 pop · #15277/25278 · LaSalle County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $65,348
- RANK-LOWER #15277/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Earlville
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 66% owners
- POP-TOWN 9,216
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $153,500
Nearest income peer: Earlville, IL (+ $4,632 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mendota
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mendota on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Streator · lowest
Streator · lowest
$59,060 median HH income
- La Salle · near
La Salle · near
$60,328 median HH income
- Mendota · this city
Mendota · this city
$65,348 median HH income
- Earlville · near
Earlville · near
$69,980 median HH income
- Marseilles · near
Marseilles · near
$72,530 median HH income
- Somonauk · highest
Somonauk · highest
$113,411 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mendota, IL sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 40th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 9,216
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $65,348
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $65,348 and poverty 12.4% concentrate in 61342.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Mendota as a pure owner town.
Within Illinois, Normal is the closest lower-income city and Maquon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mendota.
ZIP Codes in Mendota, IL
These ZIP codes sit in LaSalle County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mendota. See the LaSalle County roll-up →
Mendota sits in the lower half of LaSalle County on income: Ottawa, Peru and Marseilles report more, Streator and La Salle report less. Somonauk marks the far end of that range at $113,411, 74% above Mendota.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61342 | 9,216 | 34 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Mendota, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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