Mechanicsville vs Piney Point

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

Mechanicsville and Piney Point 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 1,171 in Piney Point). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($115,556 vs $114,271 in Piney Point). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $343,300 in Piney Point).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
Population	1,521	1,171
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$115,556	$114,271
Median home value	$425,500	$343,300
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,645
Housing units	566	509
Homeownership rate	74.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
Population	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)	794 → 1,171 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)	$112,625 → $114,271 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)	$357,400 → $343,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)	$1,500 → $1,645 (+9.7%)

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

Piney Point

Population

7941,171

Median household income

$112,625$114,271

Median home value

$357,400$343,300

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
Under 5	2.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	28.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.9%
25 to 34	3.2%	22.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	20.2%
75 and over	2.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	77.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
No high school diploma	5.3%	20.2%
High school graduate	29.9%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
Drove alone	84.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
1-unit, detached	84.1%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Piney Point
Poverty rate	3.2%	0.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	43	28
Median year structure built	1993	1980