Mechanicsville vs Wildewood

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

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

Wildewood has the higher population (7,765 vs 1,521 in Mechanicsville). Wildewood has the higher median household income ($124,247 vs $115,556 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $363,100 in Wildewood).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
Population	1,521	7,765
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,556	$124,247
Median home value	$425,500	$363,100
Median gross rent	$1,450	$2,036
Housing units	566	3,340
Homeownership rate	74.9%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
Population	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)	6,691 → 7,765 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)	$111,333 → $124,247 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)	$285,400 → $363,100 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)	$1,643 → $2,036 (+23.9%)

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

Wildewood

Population

6,6917,765

Median household income

$111,333$124,247

Median home value

$285,400$363,100

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
Under 5	2.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	28.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.2%
75 and over	2.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	70.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
Drove alone	84.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.8%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
1-unit, detached	84.1%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Wildewood
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	43	39
Median year structure built	1993	2005