Mechanicsburg vs Woodstock

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

Mechanicsburg and Woodstock 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 269 in Woodstock). Woodstock has the higher median household income ($55,938 vs $55,556 in Mechanicsburg). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $130,200 in Woodstock).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
Population	1,853	269
Median age	32.4 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$55,938
Median home value	$145,800	$130,200
Median gross rent	$778	$850
Housing units	784	99
Homeownership rate	48.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
Population	1,695 → 1,853 (+9.3%)	261 → 269 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$56,544 → $55,556 (-1.7%)	$56,000 → $55,938 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $145,800 (+53.6%)	$107,200 → $130,200 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $778 (-8.3%)	$758 → $850 (+12.1%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

1,6951,853

Median household income

$56,544$55,556

Median home value

$94,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$848$778

Woodstock

Population

261269

Median household income

$56,000$55,938

Median home value

$107,200$130,200

Median gross rent

$758$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
Under 5	9.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	24.2%	19.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.0%
75 and over	5.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	94.4%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	47.3%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
Drove alone	64.5%	87.9%
Carpooled	20.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	10.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	72.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Woodstock
Poverty rate	19.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1942	1938