Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Mendota Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Mendota Heights lost 214 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -51. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 128th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Mendota Heights is 81% of it.

Mendota Heights covers 9.07 square miles of land and 0.97 of water, for 1,273 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Mendota Heights is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mendota Heights is in

All of Mendota Heights's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. Mendota Heights holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mendota Heights

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mendota Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55118, 55120, 55150. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mendota Heights is

The Census internal point of Mendota Heights is at 44.878900, -93.133900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 5.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West St. Paul, MN (21,920 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 5.0 miles away.

Daylight in Mendota Heights

At 44.88° N, Mendota Heights gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mendota Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is West St. Paul, 2.9 miles away, with 21,920 people.