Charlotte Hall vs Mechanicsville

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

Charlotte Hall 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 1,448 in Charlotte Hall). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($115,556 vs $108,936 in Charlotte Hall). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $351,800 in Charlotte Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
Population	1,448	1,521
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,936	$115,556
Median home value	$351,800	$425,500
Median gross rent	$1,836	$1,450
Housing units	356	566
Homeownership rate	75.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
Population	1,865 → 1,448 (-22.4%)	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$97,656 → $108,936 (+11.6%)	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $351,800 (+37.3%)	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,836 (+66.9%)	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)

Charlotte Hall

Population

1,8651,448

Median household income

$97,656$108,936

Median home value

$256,300$351,800

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,836

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)

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
Under 5	8.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	28.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	3.2%
35 to 44	4.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	7.7%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.2%
75 and over	15.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	31.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	15.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	19.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	84.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.3%
Public transit	1.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	94.4%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	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	2.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte Hall	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.2%
Average household size	3.42	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	35	43
Median year structure built	1975	1993