Housing density: 104 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $182,682.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,325 (lower quartile is $1,031, upper quartile is $1,957)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,840
Median gross rent in Mendon, MA in 2022: $1,601
Housing units in Mendon with a mortgage: 1,171 (122 second mortgage, 287 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 226
In family households: 644,137 (138,415 male householders, 64,187 female householders)
151,406 spouses, 234,038 children (220,335 natural, 5,096 adopted, 8,607 stepchildren), 11,080 grandchildren, 6,742 brothers or sisters, 7,870 parents, foster children, 7,297 other relatives, 18,119 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 127,370 (47,312 male householders (35,337 living alone)), 53,166 female householders (44,100 living alone)), 26,892 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 27,045 (11,315 institutionalized population)
135,695 married couples with children.
42,745 single-parent households (8,218 men, 34,527 women).
96.9% of residents of Mendon speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 276 (4.5%)
(82.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mendon, Massachusetts
131995 to March 2000
141990 to 1994
311985 to 1989
51980 to 1984
51975 to 1979
191970 to 1974
161965 to 1969
33Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 1,454 (21.6%)
Italian: 1,235 (18.3%)
English: 1,040 (15.4%)
German: 565 (8.4%)
French: 501 (7.4%)
Other: 321 (4.8%)
Polish: 258 (3.8%)
French Canadian: 252 (3.7%)
Scottish: 208 (3.1%)
United States: 167 (2.5%)
Russian: 144 (2.1%)
Swedish: 133 (2.0%)
Portuguese: 87 (1.3%)
Swiss: 71 (1.1%)
Norwegian: 62 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (0.8%)
Greek: 41 (0.6%)
Arab: 37 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.4%)
Dutch: 24 (0.4%)
Czech: 17 (0.3%)
Welsh: 17 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.2%)
Danish: 7 (0.1%)
West Indian: 3 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
United Kingdom
Mendon:
12.5% (17)
Massachusetts:
3.3% (25,403)
Other Eastern Europe
Mendon:
12.5% (17)
Massachusetts:
1.6% (12,350)
Italy
Mendon:
10.3% (14)
Massachusetts:
3.7% (28,319)
Portugal
Mendon:
10.3% (14)
Massachusetts:
8.6% (66,627)
Russia
Mendon:
10.3% (14)
Massachusetts:
2.3% (17,449)
Pakistan
Mendon:
8.8% (12)
Massachusetts:
0.5% (3,660)
Canada
Mendon:
8.1% (11)
Massachusetts:
5.2% (40,247)
India
Mendon:
6.6% (9)
Massachusetts:
3.6% (28,086)
Germany
Mendon:
5.1% (7)
Massachusetts:
1.9% (14,883)
Netherlands
Mendon:
5.1% (7)
Massachusetts:
0.3% (2,470)
Korea
Mendon:
3.7% (5)
Massachusetts:
1.7% (13,456)
Vietnam
Mendon:
3.7% (5)
Massachusetts:
3.9% (30,457)
Other Northern Europe
Mendon:
2.9% (4)
Massachusetts:
0.4% (3,051)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,862
Other state: 1,261
Northeast: 831
Midwest: 181
South: 146
West: 103
65% of Mendon residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Massachusetts.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 3
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 45
9th grade: 15
10th grade: 19
11th grade: 25
12th grade, no diploma: 12
High school graduate (or equivalency): 440
Less than 1 year of college: 98
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 244
Associate degree: 175
Bachelor's degree: 396
Master's degree: 144
Professional school degree: 53
Doctorate degree: 24
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
