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SheetUT-MENDON-UT · Mendon, UT 1,446 pop · income 93rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mendon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mendon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
East Carbon · lowest
40,114
East Carbon · lowest
40,114 median HH income
21.7% of the leader · rank #1
Mendon · this city
141,563
Mendon · this city
141,563 median HH income
76.6% of the leader · rank #2
Brewster Heig… · near
141,563
Brewster Heig… · near
141,563 median HH income
76.6% of the leader · rank #3
San Jose · near
141,565
San Jose · near
141,565 median HH income
76.6% of the leader · rank #4
Niwot · near
141,621
Niwot · near
141,621 median HH income
76.7% of the leader · rank #5
Malverne Park… · near
141,629
Malverne Park… · near
141,629 median HH income
76.7% of the leader · rank #6
Emigration Ca… · highest
184,722
Emigration Ca… · highest
184,722 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Mendon on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,446.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mendon lands in the 93rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Mendon, UT
Mendon is a small town in Utah, home to 1,446 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Mendon report a median income of $141,563 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Mendon run a median of $525,000, and the median resident age is 35.4 years. About 52.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 77.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 3 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 40% from five years earlier.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Utah at 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,313 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Utah's average monthly utility costs around $178 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 36.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mendon's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mendon, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Mendon?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mendon?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Woodland Hills (1,439 residents, $137,426 income); Uintah (1,461 residents, $101,417 income); Castle Dale (1,463 residents, $69,821 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fowler, MI (1,446 residents); Wolcott, NY (1,446 residents); Arlington, OH (1,446 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Mendon?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 52.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Mendon growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -11 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
1,337
2025 estimate
1,326
Period change
-0.8%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
A-
City profile score · Mendon, UT
82/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A+
$141,563
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
52.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Mendon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 94/100 (A+) · $141,563
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.9%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
How does Mendon compare to other US cities?
Mendon measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Mendon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Mendon near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mendon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mendon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#17 of 293
94th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#74 of 301
75th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#253 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#29 of 310
91st percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mendon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$525,00014th percentilemore affordable than 14% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Mendon's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,750 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,748 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Mendon sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,750 of 15,516 and #7,748 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$141,563Mendon, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mendon, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Mendon, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)77.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,446
Median Income
$141,563
Median Home Value
$525,000
Median Age
35.4
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
77.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.9%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mendon's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,337 residents
2021
1,341 residents
2022
1,339 residents
2023
1,340 residents
2024
1,332 residents
2025
1,326 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
5
5
0
$2.2M
2020
2
2
0
$1.2M
2021
2
2
0
$0.8M
2022
4
4
0
$3.2M
2023
2
2
0
$1.1M
2024
3
3
0
$2.6M
Permit volume decreased 40% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.7%
Carpool
8.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
18.9%
Other
2.7%
Based on 814 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Mendon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Mendon is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Mendon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mendon compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.