Mechanicsburg vs Mutual

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

Mechanicsburg and Mutual 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 73 in Mutual). Mechanicsburg has the higher median household income ($55,556 vs $51,250 in Mutual). Mutual has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $145,800 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
Population	1,853	73
Median age	32.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$51,250
Median home value	$145,800	$175,000
Median gross rent	$778	$1,063
Housing units	784	33
Homeownership rate	48.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
Population	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)	112 → 73 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)	$68,750 → $51,250 (-25.5%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)	$141,700 → $175,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)	$1,167 → $1,063 (-8.9%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

Mutual

Population

11273

Median household income

$68,750$51,250

Median home value

$141,700$175,000

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
Under 5	9.1%	11.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	24.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	20.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.0%
75 and over	5.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	47.3%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
Drove alone	64.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	7.7%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
1-unit, detached	72.1%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Mutual
Poverty rate	19.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1942	1963