Mendon’s typical household income stands at $66,000. Most working residents leave Mendon for work: only 5% work in town. The typical journey to work for Mendon comes to 20 minutes, below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs here fell by 69 from 2013 to 2023, to 231.

5%work in town

	Mendon	Illinois towns	U.S. towns
Average trip to work	20 minutes	26 minutes	25 minutes
Below the poverty line	16%	8.4%	9.6%
Median household income	$66,000	$83,000	$80,000
Working residents who work in town	5.4%	8.3%	8%

Where working residents work

In Mendon5%

Quincy42%

Ellington Township13%

Melrose Township3%

Mount Sterling3%

12 mi

median commute distance

231

jobs based in Mendon

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here231 jobs based here · A commuter town Where people work5% work in Mendon Commute times20 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 12 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Housing

Homes in Mendon are worth about $207K, by Zillow’s estimate

In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 11%. Mendon: 79% of households live in a home they own, close to Illinois’ towns (75%) and above U.S. towns (73%).

$207KZillow home value

Typical home value

Mendon$207K

Illinois$296K

+11.4%

value change, 1 year

homes sold in April

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Prices over the yearsUp 11.4% in a year Years of income to buyA typical home costs 3.2 years of income Rents$667 a month · Median rent

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Climate

Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Mendon

July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 18° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.

23″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter21–38°

Spring42–63°

Summer64–84°

Fall45–65°

Oct 23

typical first frost

Apr 14

typical last frost

+0.6°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 86°, January lows 18°Rain & snow23″ of snow a winter · 39 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+0.6° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

More of Mendon’s adults have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town

A third of Mendon adults have high blood pressure. Against the Illinois average, Mendon comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2.

	Mendon	Illinois towns	U.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)	20%	18%	16%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)	18%	17%	17%
Depression (CDC PLACES)	24%	22%	23%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)	77%	78%	79%

32 measures vs. Illinois

3 better27 too close to call2 worse

What stands out	Mendon	IL
Fewer uninsured adults	7.1%	9.9%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity	12.5%	15.9%
More adults with depression	24.3%	19.8%

Blessing Hospital

12.2 mi away · emergency room

3 of 3

care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

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Everyday habitsMore smokers Hospitals & doctors nearby12.2 miles to an ER · Blessing Hospital How adults are doingMore adults in frequent mental distress Every CDC estimateBetter than IL on 3 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazards

Mendon has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding

Expected losses in Mendon break down as 27% from inland flooding and 19% from drought. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Mendon once, in 2003.

58risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingDroughtCold waves

federal disasters paid out here

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What it facesModerate risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters1 federal disaster · Paid out in Mendon Get ready1.3 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Outdoors

0% of Mendon is conserved land

0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.

0%conserved

conserved · 0 of 547 acres

0.0 mi

of trails · 0 per sq mi

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. Chittenden Park	—	4

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Trail map0.0 miles of trail, mapped Pick a walk4 acres · Chittenden Park Conserved land0% conserved · 0 acres protected Questions“Where can I hike in Mendon?”

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Everything we know about Mendon

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HealthBetter than IL on 3 of 32 CDC measures Cost of living$207K typical home · up 11.4% in a year Work & commute$66K median household income · 231 jobs here Natural hazardsFEMA risk higher than 58% of U.S. communities · inland flooding

Out and about

Outdoors0 mi of trails · 0% conserved land PlacesAttractions7 nearby · John Wood Mansion 13 mi LibraryFour Star Public Library District CollegesBlessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences is 10.4 mi away

The story

HistorySettled 1837 Famous people1 born in Mendon Town Hall & politicsOne full-time town employee per 844 residents Climate86° summer highs · 23″ of snow

Day to day

NewsWeatherHandbookZIP code 62351 Town SquareNeighbors

After high school

Colleges nearby

4 within 15 miles of the center of Mendon

Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Quincy10.4 mi Quincy UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Quincy11.7 mi$37,140 tuition John Wood Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Quincy12.4 mi$5,700 in-state tuition

About 2 of every 100 Mendon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

A commuter town

95% of working residents leave Mendon for work

Where Mendon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

231jobs based in Mendon

5%of working residents work in town

12 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Mendon

Village in Illinois, US

Mendon is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The population was 872 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village is named after Mendon, Massachusetts.

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Area: 0.9 sq mi
ZIP code: 62351

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About two in five of Mendon’s working residents commute to Quincy