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Mendota Heights city, Dakota County, MN

11,644 Population
9.1 square miles 1,283.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dakota County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$69,918 ±$5,917 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Dakota County: $50,901 ±$592
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$132,935 ±$12,072 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dakota County: $105,212 ±$1,290
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

2.6% ±1.2% (307  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 24,512 (±0.5% / ±2,047)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

20.7 minutes ±1.3 (88,650  ±10,624) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dakota County: 24.2 4,615,040 (±0.4 / ±99,185)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

4,740 ±174 Number of households
  • Dakota County: 171,630 ±571
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.4 ±0.1 (11,547  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dakota County: 2.6 438,822 (±0 / ±45)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

3.6% ±1.6% (89  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 5,589 (±0.5% / ±500)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

4,879 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Dakota County: 176,447 ±140
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$504,100 ±$27,082 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Dakota County: $362,100 ±$2,738
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

7.7% ±2.2% (888  ±254.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dakota County: 11.3% 49,329 (±0.6% / ±2,695)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

98.2% ±4.4% (8,160  ±506.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dakota County: 95.5% 287,575 (±1.2% / ±3,735.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
67.9% ±3.5% (5,645  ±380.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dakota County: 44.6% 134,328 (±0.8% / ±2,411.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±1.5% (550  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dakota County: 9.7% 43,046
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.5% ±1.4% (501  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dakota County: 6.2% 20,850 (±0.3% / ±915)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
501 Total veterans ±130 468 Male ±128 33 Female ±26

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