Mechanicstown vs Walden

A side-by-side comparison of Mechanicstown and Walden: population, income, housing, and more.

Mechanicstown and Walden are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mechanicstown has the higher population (7,479 vs 6,871 in Walden). Mechanicstown has the higher median household income ($90,414 vs $89,652 in Walden). Walden has the higher median home value ($328,300 vs $293,800 in Mechanicstown).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicstown	Walden
Population	7,479	6,871
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,414	$89,652
Median home value	$293,800	$328,300
Median gross rent	$1,498	$1,448
Housing units	3,355	2,882
Homeownership rate	55.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicstown	Walden
Population	6,869 → 7,479 (+8.9%)	6,724 → 6,871 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$53,722 → $90,414 (+68.3%)	$74,107 → $89,652 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $293,800 (+40.0%)	$212,100 → $328,300 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,283 → $1,498 (+16.8%)	$1,024 → $1,448 (+41.4%)

Mechanicstown

Population

6,8697,479

Median household income

$53,722$90,414

Median home value

$209,800$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,283$1,498

Walden

Population

6,7246,871

Median household income

$74,107$89,652

Median home value

$212,100$328,300

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,448

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicstown	Walden
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.0%
75 and over	10.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicstown	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	52.4%
Black or African American	26.8%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicstown	Walden
No high school diploma	12.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicstown	Walden
Drove alone	73.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.7%
Public transit	3.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.9%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicstown	Walden
1-unit, detached	39.1%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	13.6%
20 or more units	12.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicstown	Walden
Poverty rate	12.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1985	1958