One downside of living in Mendota, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.63 minutes every day commuting to work.
Mendota is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Mendota has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.53% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mendota in 2022 was $14,474, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,896 for a family of four. However, Mendota contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mendota also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.31% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Mendota is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mendota home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Mendota, accounting for 99.12% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mendota residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mendota include European, Scots-Irish, German, Irish, and Dutch.
In addition, Mendota has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (47.59%).
The most common language spoken in Mendota is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Scandinavian languages.
