Callaway vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Mechanicsville has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,087 in Callaway). Callaway has the higher median household income ($148,167 vs $115,556 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $361,500 in Callaway).

Population, income & housing

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
Population	1,087	1,521
Median age	48.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$148,167	$115,556
Median home value	$361,500	$425,500
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,450
Housing units	539	566
Homeownership rate	82.9%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
Population	1,320 → 1,087 (-17.7%)	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$62,262 → $148,167 (+138.0%)	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$243,600 → $361,500 (+48.4%)	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,360 (+12.3%)	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)

Callaway

Population

1,3201,087

Median household income

$62,262$148,167

Median home value

$243,600$361,500

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,360

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)

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
Under 5	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	8.1%	28.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	17.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	28.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	8.2%
75 and over	8.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	80.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	69.4%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Callaway	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	43
Median year structure built	1991	1993