With 8,808 people, Mechanicstown is a city in New York. Growth has run 45% since 2000, or 2,747 more people. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. Owners hold 52% of the housing stock. There are 2,630 people per square mile. 96% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $81,250, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 92%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mechanicstown
What changed most since 2000
White share61.7% → 32.4%(−29.3 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
Black share12.5% → 24.0%(+11.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.1 pts
Population6,061 → 8,808(+45%)US over the same years: +19%
Mechanicstown's population equals 2.2% of Orange County's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.5% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26.6%(119)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)4.9%(22)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era55.5%(248)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.2%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 447 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mechanicstown, decade by decade
Mechanicstown population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
6,061
$83,463
$179,433
13.8%
70.3
2010
6,858
$72,271
$343,675
24.5%
83.5
2020
8,065
$72,771
$236,711
18.2%
89.3
2024
8,808
$81,250
$344,200
23.3%
88.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
