Zip lookup · IL

61342
Mendota, Illinois.

Mendota, La Salle County, IL · Ottawa, IL metro · population 8,543

What it costs per month · 61342 $930/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$524 (+129%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,733 +4%
$170,522$177,255 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $48,355 +38%
$128,900$177,255 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 61342 $930 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 61342$930
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 61342 rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: La Salle County, IL 87% · Bureau County, IL 8% · Lee County, IL 5%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Mendota, IL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $177,255 as of Sep 2026
+3.9%year on year

Typical home value — 61342

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 61342 $177,255 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 61342$177,255
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.5 61330 La Moille 1,182 — $177,217
9.8 60518 Earlville 3,289 — $246,360
10.2 61301 La Salle 10,398 — $139,433
10.5 61367 Sublette 843 — $214,766
11.0 61373 Utica 2,123 — $264,124
11.8 61318 Compton 595 — $202,001
11.9 61353 Paw Paw 1,282 — $237,989
12.8 61329 Ladd 1,356 — $154,227
13.2 61378 West Brooklyn 513 — $286,306
13.4 61320 Dalzell 727 — $170,408
14.7 61354 Peru 10,290 — $183,512
14.8 61362 Spring Valley 5,764 — $144,938
16.7 60531 Leland 1,885 — $279,381
16.8 61350 Ottawa 23,713 $1,258 $215,068
17.0 61310 Amboy 3,347 — $187,097
18.0 61349 Ohio 1,151 — $158,626
18.2 61348 Oglesby 4,375 — $167,643
18.5 60549 Serena 784 — $317,617
18.9 60530 Lee 992 — $264,578
19.8 60550 Shabbona 941 — $278,366
19.9 60553 Steward 722 — $283,513

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.