Mechanicsville vs Quasset Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Mechanicsville and Quasset Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Mechanicsville and Quasset Lake are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mechanicsville has the higher population (906 vs 233 in Quasset Lake). Quasset Lake has the higher median household income ($96,641 vs $58,750 in Mechanicsville). Quasset Lake has the higher median home value ($369,600 vs $209,800 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
Population	906	233
Median age	45.9 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$96,641
Median home value	$209,800	$369,600
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	410	110
Homeownership rate	33.2%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
Population	574 → 906 (+57.8%)	207 → 233 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$61,758 → $58,750 (-4.9%)	—
Median home value	$192,100 → $209,800 (+9.2%)	$537,500 → $369,600 (-31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,090 (-0.7%)	—

Mechanicsville

Population

574906

Median household income

$61,758$58,750

Median home value

$192,100$209,800

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,090

Quasset Lake

Population

207233

Median home value

$537,500$369,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
Under 5	1.8%	20.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	5.7%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	21.5%
55 to 64	5.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	23.4%	12.0%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
No high school diploma	4.7%	21.4%
High school graduate	65.1%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	47.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
Drove alone	88.4%	55.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	36.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
1-unit, detached	41.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Quasset Lake
Poverty rate	9.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	47
Median year structure built	1957	1959