Mechanicstown vs Warwick

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

Mechanicstown and Warwick 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 6,625 in Warwick). Mechanicstown has the higher median household income ($90,414 vs $81,250 in Warwick). Warwick has the higher median home value ($405,700 vs $293,800 in Mechanicstown).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
Population	7,479	6,625
Median age	42.6 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,414	$81,250
Median home value	$293,800	$405,700
Median gross rent	$1,498	$1,242
Housing units	3,355	3,304
Homeownership rate	55.3%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
Population	6,869 → 7,479 (+8.9%)	6,785 → 6,625 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$53,722 → $90,414 (+68.3%)	$74,541 → $81,250 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $293,800 (+40.0%)	$340,500 → $405,700 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,283 → $1,498 (+16.8%)	$1,078 → $1,242 (+15.2%)

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

Warwick

Population

6,7856,625

Median household income

$74,541$81,250

Median home value

$340,500$405,700

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,242

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.7%
75 and over	10.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	26.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	4.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
No high school diploma	12.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
Drove alone	73.8%	75.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.3%
Public transit	3.8%	3.9%
Walked	1.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.6%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
1-unit, detached	39.1%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	12.1%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicstown	Warwick
Poverty rate	12.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	38	40
Median year structure built	1985	1980