Golden Beach vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Golden Beach has the higher population (3,953 vs 1,521 in Mechanicsville). Golden Beach has the higher median household income ($140,313 vs $115,556 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $376,200 in Golden Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
Population	3,953	1,521
Median age	34.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$140,313	$115,556
Median home value	$376,200	$425,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,450
Housing units	1,343	566
Homeownership rate	97.5%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
Population	3,060 → 3,953 (+29.2%)	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$85,843 → $140,313 (+63.5%)	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $376,200 (+32.7%)	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,943 (+3.9%)	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)

Golden Beach

Population

3,0603,953

Median household income

$85,843$140,313

Median home value

$283,600$376,200

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,943

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)

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
Under 5	10.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	28.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	18.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.2%
75 and over	3.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	73.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	98.4%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	1.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden Beach	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.2%
Average household size	3.20	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	45	43
Median year structure built	1978	1993