One downside of living in Mendota is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mendota, the average commute to work is 34.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Mendota does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Mendota ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.58% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Mendota in 2022 was $12,850, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,400 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 32.71% 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 97.87% 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mendota include Egyptian, European, Scots-Irish, German, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Mendota's cultural character, accounting for 53.71% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Mendota is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Arabic.
