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Mechanicsburg, PA (Pennsylvania) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $227,826 (it was $109,600 in 2000)
Mechanicsburg:

$227,826
Pennsylvania:

$245,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $161,241 - $297,160

Total population: 8,969 (All urban)

Houses: 4,474 (4,247 occupied: 2,909 owner occupied, 1,371 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

32%
State:

31%

Housing density: 1,729 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $181,892.

Median contract rent in 2022: $885 (lower quartile is $727, upper quartile is $1,071)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $787


Median gross rent in Mechanicsburg, PA in 2022: $1,004

Housing units in Mechanicsburg with a mortgage: 1,890 (401 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 342 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $91,667

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $62,141

Median monthly housing costs: $1,131

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1955

Median year apartment built: 1965

Household type by relationship:

Households: 9,665
  • Male householders: 2,216 (760 living alone), Female householders: 2,082 (695 living alone)
  • 1,661 spouses (1,634 opposite-sex spouses), 274 unmarried partners, (256 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,598 children (2,415 natural, 66 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 381 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 0 foster children, 29 other relatives, 292 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 57

Size of family households: 1,531 2-persons, 515 3-persons, 281 4-persons, 167 5-persons, 51 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,394 1-person, 279 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 52 4-persons.

1,017 married couples with children.
541 single-parent households (151 men, 390 women).

96.9% of residents of Mechanicsburg speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 68% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 241 (2.5%)
(92.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.2
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.7
State:

4.3

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1001 bedroom
  • 4652 bedrooms
  • 1,4963 bedrooms
  • 7594 bedrooms
  • 905+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 11no bedroom
  • 3711 bedroom
  • 5942 bedrooms
  • 3823 bedrooms
  • 144 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsburg in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsburg in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 51no vehicle
  • 9321 vehicle
  • 1,4162 vehicles
  • 3123 vehicles
  • 1754 vehicles
  • 245+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsburg in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsburg in renter-occupied apartments
  • 179no vehicle
  • 8121 vehicle
  • 2962 vehicles
  • 853 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 01 room
  • 242 rooms
  • 1003 rooms
  • 544 rooms
  • 2905 rooms
  • 5156 rooms
  • 7267 rooms
  • 4208 rooms
  • 7819+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 111 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 2613 rooms
  • 3644 rooms
  • 2965 rooms
  • 2936 rooms
  • 1277 rooms
  • 08 rooms
  • 199+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Mechanicsburg, PA
  • Mechanicsburg, PA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Mechanicsburg, PA in 2022
  • 144Less than $10,000
  • 201$10,000 to $19,999
  • 249$20,000 to $29,999
  • 276$30,000 to $39,999
  • 301$40,000 to $49,999
  • 617$50,000 to $59,999
  • 253$60,000 to $74,999
  • 795$75,000 to $99,999
  • 487$100,000 to $124,999
  • 285$125,000 to $149,999
  • 380$150,000 to $199,999
  • 177$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Mechanicsburg, PA

  • Distribution of house value in Mechanicsburg, PA in 2022
  • 25$90,000 to $99,999
  • 362$100,000 to $124,999
  • 252$125,000 to $149,999
  • 211$150,000 to $174,999
  • 219$175,000 to $199,999
  • 743$200,000 to $249,999
  • 465$250,000 to $299,999
  • 272$300,000 to $399,999
  • 189$400,000 to $499,999
  • 36$500,000 to $749,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Mechanicsburg, PA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Mechanicsburg, PA in 2022
  • 38Less than $100
  • 51$200 to $249
  • 21$300 to $349
  • 13$550 to $599
  • 30$600 to $649
  • 149$650 to $699
  • 53$700 to $749
  • 99$750 to $799
  • 215$800 to $899
  • 221$900 to $999
  • 241$1,000 to $1,249
  • 20$1,250 to $1,499
  • 52$1,500 to $1,999
  • 7$2,000 to $2,499
  • 78No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,014 (19.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 134
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 372
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 971
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 891
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 589
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 249
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 387
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 61
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 49
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 406
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 104
  • 90 or more minutes: 115
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Mechanicsburg

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 5,016 (77.1%)
  • Carpooled: 275 (4.2%)
  • Bus: 9 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 110 (1.7%)
  • Bicycle: 2 (0.0%)
  • Walked: 37 (0.6%)
  • Worked at home: 1,014 (15.6%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 2.4%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 40.2%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 50.4%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 352010 or later
  • 832000 to 2009
  • 971990 to 1999
  • 291980 to 1989
  • 201970 to 1979
  • 59Before 1970
Ancestries in Mechanicsburg, PA

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 697 (19.0%)
  • American: 534 (14.5%)
  • English: 251 (6.8%)
  • Irish: 222 (6.0%)
  • Eastern European: 214 (5.8%)
  • Pennsylvania German: 200 (5.4%)
  • Italian: 185 (5.0%)
  • European: 172 (4.7%)
  • Polish: 170 (4.6%)
  • African: 99 (2.7%)
  • Romanian: 52 (1.4%)
  • Dutch: 49 (1.3%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 31 (0.8%)
  • Russian: 21 (0.6%)
  • Scottish: 21 (0.6%)
  • Slovak: 21 (0.6%)
  • Lebanese: 14 (0.4%)
  • Welsh: 14 (0.4%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Iraq
Mechanicsburg:

31.5% (70)
Pennsylvania:

0.3% (2,395)

Korea
Mechanicsburg:

17.6% (39)
Pennsylvania:

2.9% (27,433)

Taiwan
Mechanicsburg:

11.7% (26)
Pennsylvania:

0.6% (6,097)

Bangladesh
Mechanicsburg:

10.8% (24)
Pennsylvania:

0.9% (8,772)

Russia
Mechanicsburg:

10.8% (24)
Pennsylvania:

1.6% (15,272)

Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion
Mechanicsburg:

9.0% (20)
Pennsylvania:

0.1% (738)

Canada
Mechanicsburg:

8.6% (19)
Pennsylvania:

1.8% (17,032)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 7,430
  • Other state: 1,887
  • Northeast: 748
  • Midwest: 164
  • South: 900
  • West: 66

91.5% of Mechanicsburg residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37.9% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75.1% lived in Pennsylvania.


Mechanicsburg:

91.5%
State average:

89.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 16
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 50
  • 10th grade: 65
  • 11th grade: 9
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 78
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,299
  • Less than 1 year of college: 191
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 284
  • Associate degree: 180
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,041
  • Master's degree: 294
  • Professional school degree: 25
  • Doctorate degree: 27
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 12
  • 10th grade: 20
  • 11th grade: 28
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 12
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 900
  • Less than 1 year of college: 202
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 327
  • Associate degree: 307
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,205
  • Master's degree: 374
  • Professional school degree: 12
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Females
Mechanicsburg marital status for males
Mechanicsburg marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,513
  • One, attached: 706
  • Two: 426
  • 3 or 4: 429
  • 5 to 9: 163
  • 10 to 19: 74
  • 20 to 49: 82
  • 50 or more: 60
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.2%

House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago

Renter moved in on average 6 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Mechanicsburg
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Mechanicsburg, PA
  • 41.5%Utility gas
  • 33.1%Electricity
  • 20.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 3.0%Wood
  • 1.1%Solar energy
  • 0.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Mechanicsburg, PA
  • 52.0%Electricity
  • 26.0%Utility gas
  • 11.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 7.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.9%Other fuel
  • 0.8%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
Here:

5.6%
Pennsylvania:

15.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
Here:

11.1%
Pennsylvania:

13.4%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 86
Here:

24.4%
Pennsylvania:

39.8%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability