Camp Hill vs Mechanicsburg

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

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

Mechanicsburg has the higher population (9,535 vs 8,149 in Camp Hill). Camp Hill has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $81,696 in Mechanicsburg). Camp Hill has the higher median home value ($290,300 vs $227,600 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
Population	8,149	9,535
Median age	43.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$81,696
Median home value	$290,300	$227,600
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,033
Housing units	3,532	4,370
Homeownership rate	76.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
Population	7,911 → 8,149 (+3.0%)	9,006 → 9,535 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$87,008 → $110,938 (+27.5%)	$55,652 → $81,696 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$212,600 → $290,300 (+36.5%)	$170,400 → $227,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,204 (+9.5%)	$905 → $1,033 (+14.1%)

Camp Hill

Population

7,9118,149

Median household income

$87,008$110,938

Median home value

$212,600$290,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,204

Mechanicsburg

Population

9,0069,535

Median household income

$55,652$81,696

Median home value

$170,400$227,600

Median gross rent

$905$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	15.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	59.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	3.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	15.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	76.6%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Camp Hill	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1953	1960