In Mendota, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
The population of Mendota has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.58% 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 $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.
