Lexington Park vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Lexington Park has the higher population (13,419 vs 1,521 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($115,556 vs $89,167 in Lexington Park). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $294,500 in Lexington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
Population	13,419	1,521
Median age	31.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,167	$115,556
Median home value	$294,500	$425,500
Median gross rent	$1,693	$1,450
Housing units	6,257	566
Homeownership rate	44.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
Population	11,082 → 13,419 (+21.1%)	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$74,598 → $89,167 (+19.5%)	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$203,200 → $294,500 (+44.9%)	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,528 → $1,693 (+10.8%)	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)

Lexington Park

Population

11,08213,419

Median household income

$74,598$89,167

Median home value

$203,200$294,500

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,693

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)

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
Under 5	7.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	28.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	25.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.2%
75 and over	2.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	34.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	77.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	41.6%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	16.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Lexington Park	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	43
Median year structure built	1991	1993