Mechanicsville vs Tall Timbers

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

Mechanicsville and Tall Timbers 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 532 in Tall Timbers). Tall Timbers has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $115,556 in Mechanicsville). Tall Timbers has the higher median home value ($723,100 vs $425,500 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
Population	1,521	532
Median age	41.3 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,556	$250,001
Median home value	$425,500	$723,100
Median gross rent	$1,450	—
Housing units	566	442
Homeownership rate	74.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
Population	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)	602 → 532 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)	$194,063 → $250,001 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)	$577,400 → $723,100 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)	$1,343 → $1,344 (+0.1%)

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

Tall Timbers

Population

602532

Median household income

$194,063$250,001

Median home value

$577,400$723,100

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.9%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	26.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	16.0%
75 and over	2.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	51.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
Drove alone	84.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
1-unit, detached	84.1%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Tall Timbers
Poverty rate	3.2%	2.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	43	36
Median year structure built	1993	1967