Living in Mendon, UT
Mendon is a small town of 1,482 people in Cache County, Utah. It's about 7 miles from Logan, UT and 65 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $594k and rent runs about $785 a month.
1,482people
$594kTypical home
$785/moRent
89° / 32°Summer / winter
51"Snow
250Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,482
- Part of a metro area
- About 941 people per sq mi
- 65 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 7 mi to Logan, UT
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $594k (≈$3,746/mo)
- Median rent $785/mo
- Median household income $148k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 41°F)
- 250 sunny days a year (109 totally clear)
- 115 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 95 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 35 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (108 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (513 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 37% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 50% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to OGD airport
- 64 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 104 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 4,485 ft
- 563 mi to the ocean
- 18 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 57 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cache County: R+34 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk