Mendota is a community in Washington County, Virginia, home to about 262 people across 1.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 24270, and parts of 24258 are in Mendota too.
Homes sold for a median of $181 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Mendota
Part is in Mendota, part in Hiltons
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Mendota. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)113 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI)18 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Winston-Salem, NC120 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA449 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Mendota; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
It’s the 552nd largest of 669 towns in Virginia by population.
Washington County grew from 28,995 residents in 1900 to 53,935 in 2020.
Washington County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 86°F in summer, and winter lows average 26°F. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 9 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Bristol Tri City Ap, TN weather station (18 miles away).
18,465 jobs at 1,207 businesses in Washington County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Mendota.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Hiltons.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.