Mechanicsville vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (3,111 vs 906 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($76,190 vs $67,625 in Tipton). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $146,000 in Tipton).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
Population	906	3,111
Median age	52.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,190	$67,625
Median home value	$155,500	$146,000
Median gross rent	$542	$823
Housing units	429	1,494
Homeownership rate	85.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
Population	1,126 → 906 (-19.5%)	3,207 → 3,111 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$64,704 → $76,190 (+17.8%)	$64,013 → $67,625 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $155,500 (+46.8%)	$126,600 → $146,000 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $542 (-27.7%)	$606 → $823 (+35.8%)

Mechanicsville

Population

1,126906

Median household income

$64,704$76,190

Median home value

$105,900$155,500

Median gross rent

$750$542

Tipton

Population

3,2073,111

Median household income

$64,013$67,625

Median home value

$126,600$146,000

Median gross rent

$606$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
Under 5	1.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	21.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
Drove alone	76.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
1-unit, detached	78.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Tipton
Poverty rate	7.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1961	1952