Mechanicsburg vs Spaulding

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

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

Spaulding has the higher population (916 vs 748 in Mechanicsburg). Spaulding has the higher median household income ($104,205 vs $77,422 in Mechanicsburg). Spaulding has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $206,300 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
Population	748	916
Median age	47.8 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,422	$104,205
Median home value	$206,300	$212,500
Median gross rent	$781	$692
Housing units	319	417
Homeownership rate	87.6%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
Population	671 → 748 (+11.5%)	863 → 916 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$65,536 → $77,422 (+18.1%)	$101,458 → $104,205 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $206,300 (+73.4%)	$196,500 → $212,500 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $781 (+3.9%)	$779 → $692 (-11.2%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

671748

Median household income

$65,536$77,422

Median home value

$119,000$206,300

Median gross rent

$752$781

Spaulding

Population

863916

Median household income

$101,458$104,205

Median home value

$196,500$212,500

Median gross rent

$779$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
Under 5	3.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	20.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	21.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.8%
75 and over	7.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
No high school diploma	3.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	43.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
Drove alone	81.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
1-unit, detached	85.6%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Spaulding
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1988	1991