Bennett vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Mechanicsville has the higher population (906 vs 418 in Bennett). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($76,190 vs $65,714 in Bennett). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $135,800 in Bennett).

Population, income & housing

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
Population	418	906
Median age	41.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,714	$76,190
Median home value	$135,800	$155,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	$542
Housing units	205	429
Homeownership rate	70.3%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
Population	393 → 418 (+6.4%)	1,126 → 906 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $65,714 (+6.2%)	$64,704 → $76,190 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $135,800 (+38.0%)	$105,900 → $155,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $1,000 (+70.6%)	$750 → $542 (-27.7%)

Bennett

Population

393418

Median household income

$61,875$65,714

Median home value

$98,400$135,800

Median gross rent

$586$1,000

Mechanicsville

Population

1,126906

Median household income

$64,704$76,190

Median home value

$105,900$155,500

Median gross rent

$750$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
Under 5	3.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	5.3%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	21.9%
75 and over	7.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	50.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	78.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	19.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	83.4%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Bennett	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1938	1961