Mendota, Virginia.
Typical home $173,369 (+7.0% in a year). Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$529 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,413 +7%
- $161,956$173,369 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,883 +35%
- $128,486$173,369 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.
- Mendota$910
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Mendota, VA rose 7.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mendota, Russell County, Virginia
Mendota, in Russell County, had 135 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $46,012 a year and half less, against $50,012 across Russell County. Unemployment in Russell County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Russell County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Mendota is a very small community in Russell County, Virginia, with a population that is among the smaller ones you will find on any map. Residents tend to be older than in most places, and household incomes run below the county's. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and some snow each year, while summers are warm and the year brings a fair amount of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing and the building trades also employing local people. Across Russell County, the largest workplaces include Russell County Public Schools, Russell County Hospital and Walmart. The county has seen slightly fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. Livingston Creek, a river, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Natural Tunnel State Park, a protected area, and to the Barter Theatre. Bristol Motor Speedway, a race track, is also a longer drive from town.
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What people in Russell County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Russell County had 6,134 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°. About 9 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bristol Tri City Airport weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Russell County
- Russell County Public SchoolsSchool district594FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters254
- Samuel Pressure Vessel Group LebanonCylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing228
- Russell County HospitalGeneral hospital127FTE
- K VA T Food StoresSupermarket93
- ClecoHighway construction91
- JennmarCoal and ore conveyors manufacturing43
- American Electric Power32
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 952 people in all across the county; Mendota has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mendota’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Russell County and the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro.
Mendota home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mendota$173,369
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mendota8
Zip codes with a Mendota address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mendota — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.