Mechanicsburg vs St. Paris

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

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

St. Paris has the higher population (2,237 vs 1,853 in Mechanicsburg). St. Paris has the higher median household income ($56,741 vs $55,556 in Mechanicsburg). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $143,000 in St. Paris).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
Population	1,853	2,237
Median age	32.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$56,741
Median home value	$145,800	$143,000
Median gross rent	$778	$744
Housing units	784	905
Homeownership rate	48.1%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
Population	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)	2,173 → 2,237 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)	$48,472 → $56,741 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)	$101,400 → $143,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)	$658 → $744 (+13.1%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

St. Paris

Population

2,1732,237

Median household income

$48,472$56,741

Median home value

$101,400$143,000

Median gross rent

$658$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
Under 5	9.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	24.2%	20.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.0%
75 and over	5.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	89.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	47.3%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
Drove alone	64.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	20.4%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
1-unit, detached	72.1%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	St. Paris
Poverty rate	19.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1942	1949