Mechanicsburg vs Urbana

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

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

Urbana has the higher population (11,153 vs 1,853 in Mechanicsburg). Urbana has the higher median household income ($66,768 vs $55,556 in Mechanicsburg). Urbana has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $145,800 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
Population	1,853	11,153
Median age	32.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$66,768
Median home value	$145,800	$147,300
Median gross rent	$778	$911
Housing units	784	5,273
Homeownership rate	48.1%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
Population	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)	11,496 → 11,153 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)	$45,515 → $66,768 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)	$109,400 → $147,300 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)	$666 → $911 (+36.8%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

Urbana

Population

11,49611,153

Median household income

$45,515$66,768

Median home value

$109,400$147,300

Median gross rent

$666$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
Under 5	9.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	24.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.9%
75 and over	5.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	88.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	4.8%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
Drove alone	64.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	20.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
1-unit, detached	72.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Urbana
Poverty rate	19.1%	12.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1942	1958