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Mendenhall city, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Mendenhall city is a Census city of 2,103 people across 5.35 square miles of land, in Simpson County. Median household income is $40,141, 70.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 49 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.5 m.
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Mendenhall
What Mendenhall is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.35 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land393
- County holding the largest share of its areaSimpson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mendenhall
How many people live in Mendenhall
- Population2,103
- Median age47.3
- Population under 18390 plus or minus 126
- Share under 1818.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Population 65 and over620 plus or minus 178
- Share 65 and over29.5 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Households941
- Family households533 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families56.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mendenhall
Income and work in Mendenhall
- Median household income$40,141 plus or minus $9,411
- Per capita income$24,173
- Civilian labor force850 plus or minus 189
- Employed789 plus or minus 189
- Unemployed61 plus or minus 45
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over1,531
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.6 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mendenhall
Housing in Mendenhall
- Housing units1,089
- Occupied units941
- Vacant units148 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate13.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied665 plus or minus 135
- Renter occupied276 plus or minus 108
- Ownership rate70.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$125,900 plus or minus $25,866
- Median gross rent, monthly$816 plus or minus $388
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.4 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Single family units896
- Share single family82.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more131 plus or minus 75
- Share in buildings of two or more12.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes62 plus or minus 56
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mendenhall
How Mendenhall gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute749 plus or minus 179
- Commuting under 15 minutes262 plus or minus 105
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.0 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more276 plus or minus 111
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.8 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone79.6 percent
- Carpooled12.2 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked6.6 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Worked from home0.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mendenhall
SBA 7(a) lending to Mendenhall borrowers
- Approvals49
- Gross approval$12,507,000
- Average approval$255,245
- Median approval$69,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$595,000
- Largest approval$3,191,200
- Jobs supported192
- Jobs per approval3.9
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full17
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.2 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Simpson County, not Mendenhall
Simpson County context, not Mendenhall figures
These are Simpson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mendenhall measurements.
- Establishments in Simpson County444
- Employment at those establishments, Simpson County5,608
- Covered employment, Simpson County7,683
- Average annual pay, Simpson County$37,183
- Average weekly wage, Simpson County$715
- Housing units permitted, Simpson County3
- Of those, single family, Simpson County3
- County product, 2024, Simpson County$941,094,000
- County product change over the prior year, Simpson County13.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Simpson County$43,904
Every figure in this section is published for Simpson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mendenhall. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mendenhall questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mendenhall, Mississippi?
2,103, in 941 households. Mendenhall city covers 5.35 square miles of land, which is 393 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mendenhall in?
Simpson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mendenhall?
$40,141. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $125,900. Median gross rent is $816 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mendenhall businesses?
49 7(a) approvals totalling $12.5 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $69,100. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mendenhall, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mendenhall borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 17 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Mendenhall figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Simpson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mendenhall.
Is zoning published for Mendenhall?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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