Mechanicsville vs Witches Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Mechanicsville and Witches Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Mechanicsville and Witches Woods 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 472 in Witches Woods). Witches Woods has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $58,750 in Mechanicsville). Witches Woods has the higher median home value ($431,800 vs $209,800 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
Population	906	472
Median age	45.9 yrs	70.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$250,001
Median home value	$209,800	$431,800
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	410	228
Homeownership rate	33.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
Population	574 → 906 (+57.8%)	393 → 472 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$61,758 → $58,750 (-4.9%)	$233,440 → $250,001 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$192,100 → $209,800 (+9.2%)	$437,600 → $431,800 (-1.3%)
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

Witches Woods

Population

393472

Median household income

$233,440$250,001

Median home value

$437,600$431,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.7%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	5.7%
55 to 64	5.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	23.4%	36.7%
75 and over	11.4%	35.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	65.1%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	73.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
Drove alone	88.4%	67.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	33.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Witches Woods
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	Witches Woods
Poverty rate	9.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1957	1985