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A town of 1,326, settled in 1859.
The best of Mendon’s subject grades are an A+ for health and an A for schools and incomes. Mendon’s concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile, where Utah’s towns sit at 1.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Mendon has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them James Gardner House (Additional Documentation) and George Washington Baker House. On civic life, just 13 of Utah’s 137 towns do better. Mendon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mendon beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Mendon is from typical.
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Census counts: 345 in 1870, a low of 345 in 1870, 1,339 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 3 maps from 1962 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mendon, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 13, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mendon.
7.7% of Mendon adults worry about having enough food. This Utah town beats the Utah average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Only 8 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Mendon. In Mendon, 11% of adults binge drink, and 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Mendon | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mendon | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 10.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The public schools here belong to the Cache District. Its one school is below. 514 students attend Mendon’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainside SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 514 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Mendon: 1.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 6.2% in Utah’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs in Mendon grew by 95 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 217. The income of the median household for Mendon comes to $148,000. For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away.
| Mendon | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $148,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.5% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. Just over three quarters of Mendon’s expected losses from natural hazards come from avalanches, followed by inland flooding at 12%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of households in Mendon who live in a home they own: 86%. Zillow values the typical Mendon home at about $660,000, up 3.5% in a year, 24% above the Utah typical home.
| Mendon | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $785 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mendon Square | — | 8 |
| 2. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | — | 3 |
| 3. Taylor Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mendon. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MountainBen Lomond Mountain
39 mi LakeBear Lake36 mi Ski areaSnowbasin Resort157 runs · 3,000 ft vertical
24 mi National Historical ParkGolden Spike National Historical Park54K visitors a year26 mi Ski areaPowder Mountain Ski Resort155 runs · 2,755 ft vertical
38 mi MuseumHill Aerospace Museum180K visitors a yearBen Lomond Mountain: Joe Tordiff, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bear Lake: kla4067, CC BY 2.0 · Golden Spike National Historical Park: Unknown, Public domain · Hill Aerospace Museum: User:Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mendon
About 6 of every 100 Mendon residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
Where Mendon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
9 places in Mendon on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Utah, United States
Mendon ( MEN-dən) is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,339 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Harvey Hancock and Ivan J. Barrett.
