Christiansburg vs Mechanicsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Christiansburg and Mechanicsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Christiansburg and Mechanicsburg are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mechanicsburg has the higher population (1,853 vs 701 in Christiansburg). Christiansburg has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $55,556 in Mechanicsburg). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $95,400 in Christiansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
Population	701	1,853
Median age	36.1 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,125	$55,556
Median home value	$95,400	$145,800
Median gross rent	$1,049	$778
Housing units	303	784
Homeownership rate	89.4%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
Population	425 → 701 (+64.9%)	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $73,125 (+19.1%)	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $95,400 (+11.1%)	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $1,049 (+56.1%)	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)

Christiansburg

Population

425701

Median household income

$61,389$73,125

Median home value

$85,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$672$1,049

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	2.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	24.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.4%
75 and over	7.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	90.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	53.8%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	92.5%	64.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	2.2%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	92.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	10.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1938	1942