Mendota Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 11,356 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Mendota Heights is the 81st largest community in Minnesota.

Mendota Heights is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.59% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mendota Heights is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mendota Heights who work in management occupations (15.41%), sales jobs (14.88%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.17%).

Also of interest is that Mendota Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Mendota Heights is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Mendota Heights is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mendota Heights a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Mendota Heights has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mendota Heights's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Mendota Heights is a very car-oriented city. 97.48% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Mendota Heights is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Mendota Heights has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small city, Mendota Heights doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mendota Heights Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mendota Heights, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mendota Heights is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.98% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mendota Heights in 2000 was $39,407, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,628 for a family of four. However, Mendota Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Mendota Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mendota Heights is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mendota Heights include German, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, Italian, Polish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Mendota Heights is English.