Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Dakota County
27-41696
Mendota Heights is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Dakota County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Mendota Heights had 11,071 inhabitants.
Mendota Heights is part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
Mendota Heights is located in the southern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul at the mouth of the Minnesota River in the Mississippi River at 44 ° 53'13 " north latitude and 93 ° 08'06 " west longitude. The city covers 26.21 km ², spread to 23.7 km ² land and 2.51 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Mendota Heights are Mendota and Lilydale ( at the northern city limits ) West St. Paul ( on the eastern city limits ), Sunfish Lake (on the southeastern outskirts ), Eagan ( on the southern city limits ) and Minneapolis (at the western city limits on the opposite bank of the Minnesota River).
The downtown Minneapolis is located 17.7 kilometers north-northwest; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, located 13.7 km north east.
Traffic
Through the center of Mendota Heights, the eastern branch of the Interstate 35 runs The southern city border is formed by Interstate 494, the southern ring road of the Twin City. In the city center Minnisota State Routes run 13, 110 and 149 together. All other roads are minor roadways as well as within city roads.
In parallel to the Minnesota River and then the Mississippi runs a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is located on the opposite bank of the Minnesota River to the city of Minneapolis.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Mendota Heights 11,071 people in 4378 households. The population density was 467.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4378 households lived statistically 2.51 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.8 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.2 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.
Mendota Heights is a very affluent suburb. The median annual income for a household was $ 97,560. The per capita income was $ 52,090. 4.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.