Mendenhall is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,148 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mendenhall is the 116th largest community in Mississippi.

Being a small city, Mendenhall does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Mendenhall citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.53% of adults in Mendenhall have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mendenhall in 2022 was $23,271, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,084 for a family of four. However, Mendenhall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mendenhall also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.81% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Mendenhall is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mendenhall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mendenhall residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mendenhall include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Mendenhall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.