Durant vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Durant has the higher population (1,904 vs 906 in Mechanicsville). Durant has the higher median household income ($82,563 vs $76,190 in Mechanicsville). Durant has the higher median home value ($202,000 vs $155,500 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Durant	Mechanicsville
Population	1,904	906
Median age	42.0 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,563	$76,190
Median home value	$202,000	$155,500
Median gross rent	$765	$542
Housing units	813	429
Homeownership rate	75.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durant	Mechanicsville
Population	1,880 → 1,904 (+1.3%)	1,126 → 906 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $82,563 (+25.8%)	$64,704 → $76,190 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $202,000 (+25.0%)	$105,900 → $155,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $765 (-11.8%)	$750 → $542 (-27.7%)

Durant

Population

1,8801,904

Median household income

$65,625$82,563

Median home value

$161,600$202,000

Median gross rent

$867$765

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)

	Durant	Mechanicsville
Under 5	5.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	21.9%
75 and over	8.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durant	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durant	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durant	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	88.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	19.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durant	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	77.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Durant	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1968	1961