Loami vs Mechanicsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Loami and Mechanicsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Loami and Mechanicsburg are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Loami has the higher population (830 vs 748 in Mechanicsburg). Mechanicsburg has the higher median household income ($77,422 vs $53,750 in Loami). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $108,800 in Loami).

Population, income & housing

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
Population	830	748
Median age	29.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$77,422
Median home value	$108,800	$206,300
Median gross rent	$871	$781
Housing units	368	319
Homeownership rate	79.5%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
Population	1,055 → 830 (-21.3%)	671 → 748 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $53,750 (-2.3%)	$65,536 → $77,422 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $108,800 (+16.0%)	$119,000 → $206,300 (+73.4%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $871 (+8.5%)	$752 → $781 (+3.9%)

Loami

Population

1,055830

Median household income

$55,000$53,750

Median home value

$93,800$108,800

Median gross rent

$803$871

Mechanicsburg

Population

671748

Median household income

$65,536$77,422

Median home value

$119,000$206,300

Median gross rent

$752$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	8.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	20.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.6%
75 and over	3.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	76.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	57.6%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Loami	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1977	1988