Mechanicsville vs South Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of Mechanicsville and South Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Woodstock has the higher population (1,294 vs 906 in Mechanicsville). South Woodstock has the higher median household income ($88,182 vs $58,750 in Mechanicsville). South Woodstock has the higher median home value ($248,500 vs $209,800 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
Population	906	1,294
Median age	45.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$88,182
Median home value	$209,800	$248,500
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,179
Housing units	410	661
Homeownership rate	33.2%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
Population	574 → 906 (+57.8%)	1,408 → 1,294 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$61,758 → $58,750 (-4.9%)	$78,750 → $88,182 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$192,100 → $209,800 (+9.2%)	$235,100 → $248,500 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,090 (-0.7%)	$1,121 → $1,179 (+5.2%)

Mechanicsville

Population

574906

Median household income

$61,758$58,750

Median home value

$192,100$209,800

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,090

South Woodstock

Population

1,4081,294

Median household income

$78,750$88,182

Median home value

$235,100$248,500

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
Under 5	1.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	20.7%
25 to 34	5.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	5.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	23.4%	9.2%
75 and over	11.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.3%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	65.1%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
Drove alone	88.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
1-unit, detached	41.2%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	29.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	South Woodstock
Poverty rate	9.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1957	1983