California vs Mechanicsville

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

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

California has the higher population (13,223 vs 1,521 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($115,556 vs $112,717 in California). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $337,900 in California).

Population, income & housing

	California	Mechanicsville
Population	13,223	1,521
Median age	35.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,717	$115,556
Median home value	$337,900	$425,500
Median gross rent	$1,805	$1,450
Housing units	5,526	566
Homeownership rate	63.6%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California	Mechanicsville
Population	14,815 → 13,223 (-10.7%)	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$84,690 → $112,717 (+33.1%)	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$268,700 → $337,900 (+25.8%)	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,805 (+15.2%)	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)

California

Population

14,81513,223

Median household income

$84,690$112,717

Median home value

$268,700$337,900

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,805

Mechanicsville

Population

1,7651,521

Median household income

$132,000$115,556

Median home value

$355,200$425,500

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California	Mechanicsville
Under 5	6.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	28.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.7%	3.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.2%
75 and over	3.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	22.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	78.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.7%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	71.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	California	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	43
Median year structure built	1994	1993