Mechanicsburg vs Rosewood

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

Mechanicsburg and Rosewood 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 385 in Rosewood). Rosewood has the higher median household income ($111,658 vs $55,556 in Mechanicsburg). Rosewood has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $145,800 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
Population	1,853	385
Median age	32.4 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$111,658
Median home value	$145,800	$196,400
Median gross rent	$778	—
Housing units	784	137
Homeownership rate	48.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
Population	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)	194 → 385 (+98.5%)
Median household income	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)	$93,021 → $111,658 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)	$67,000 → $196,400 (+193.1%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)	—

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

Rosewood

Population

194385

Median household income

$93,021$111,658

Median home value

$67,000$196,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	24.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	30.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	39.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	0.0%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
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	Rosewood
No high school diploma	10.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
Drove alone	64.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
1-unit, detached	72.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Rosewood
Poverty rate	19.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1942	1973