Mechanicsburg is a city of 9,720 people in Pennsylvania. There are 4,032 people per square mile. 6% of people here were born outside the United States. About 43% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $241,200, having more than doubled since 2000. The poverty rate is 5.6%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $84,421, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
43% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mechanicsburg
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$194,646 → $241,200(+24%)US over the same years: +67%
White share98.1% → 87.9%(−10.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.4% → 3.8%(+3.4 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Mechanicsburg's population equals 3.6% of Cumberland County's. Its number of veterans equals 5.0% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 2.7% 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)30.8%(274)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.5%(227)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.4%(208)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.7%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 889 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
Mechanicsburg, decade by decade
Mechanicsburg 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
1990
9,452
$77,169
$194,646
22.2%
4.6
2000
9,042
$82,339
$199,653
26.1%
8.6
2010
8,981
$71,625
$230,747
29.1%
22.7
2020
9,311
$66,638
$215,985
39.6%
37.1
2024
9,720
$84,421
$241,200
42.9%
27.9
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.
