Mechanicsburg vs North Lewisburg

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

Mechanicsburg and North Lewisburg 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 1,763 in North Lewisburg). North Lewisburg has the higher median household income ($56,382 vs $55,556 in Mechanicsburg). North Lewisburg has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $145,800 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
Population	1,853	1,763
Median age	32.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$56,382
Median home value	$145,800	$156,300
Median gross rent	$778	$1,037
Housing units	784	797
Homeownership rate	48.1%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
Population	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)	1,626 → 1,763 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)	$54,907 → $56,382 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)	$116,300 → $156,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)	$813 → $1,037 (+27.6%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

North Lewisburg

Population

1,6261,763

Median household income

$54,907$56,382

Median home value

$116,300$156,300

Median gross rent

$813$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
Under 5	9.1%	12.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	24.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.2%
75 and over	5.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	95.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.3%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	47.3%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
Drove alone	64.5%	86.1%
Carpooled	20.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
1-unit, detached	72.1%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	North Lewisburg
Poverty rate	19.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1942	1979