Mendota is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Mendota, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
0 kids in every 100 people in Mendota
Mendota has about 262 residents (census survey, 2020–24). People 65 and older are 28 in every 100 residents. For every 100 households, 100 own and the rest rent, beside 67 owners across VA.
Median age 53.4 (VA 39).
About 274 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±9.3 points). Among residents 45 to 54, 100% are men (VA 50%). Median age: women 75.2, men 51.9.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
Workers 16 and older.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Mendota says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Mendota
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Mendota’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Mendota or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Mendota in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.