Enola vs Mechanicsburg

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

Enola 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 5,913 in Enola). Mechanicsburg has the higher median household income ($81,696 vs $68,131 in Enola). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($227,600 vs $163,900 in Enola).

Population, income & housing

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
Population	5,913	9,535
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,131	$81,696
Median home value	$163,900	$227,600
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,033
Housing units	2,739	4,370
Homeownership rate	52.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
Population	6,251 → 5,913 (-5.4%)	9,006 → 9,535 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$48,510 → $68,131 (+40.4%)	$55,652 → $81,696 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $163,900 (+18.9%)	$170,400 → $227,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,098 (+23.8%)	$905 → $1,033 (+14.1%)

Enola

Population

6,2515,913

Median household income

$48,510$68,131

Median home value

$137,800$163,900

Median gross rent

$887$1,098

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)

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	18.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	4.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	85.1%
Black or African American	6.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	42.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	75.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	40.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Enola	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1970	1960