Mechanicsville vs Stanwood

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

Mechanicsville and Stanwood 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 520 in Stanwood). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($76,190 vs $58,750 in Stanwood). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $137,700 in Stanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
Population	906	520
Median age	52.1 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,190	$58,750
Median home value	$155,500	$137,700
Median gross rent	$542	$861
Housing units	429	283
Homeownership rate	85.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
Population	1,126 → 906 (-19.5%)	655 → 520 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$64,704 → $76,190 (+17.8%)	$57,125 → $58,750 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $155,500 (+46.8%)	$97,900 → $137,700 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $542 (-27.7%)	$754 → $861 (+14.2%)

Mechanicsville

Population

1,126906

Median household income

$64,704$76,190

Median home value

$105,900$155,500

Median gross rent

$750$542

Stanwood

Population

655520

Median household income

$57,125$58,750

Median home value

$97,900$137,700

Median gross rent

$754$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
Under 5	1.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	8.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	21.9%	8.8%
75 and over	8.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.1%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
Drove alone	76.4%	85.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	78.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Stanwood
Poverty rate	7.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1961	1952