Lower Allen vs Mechanicsburg

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

Lower Allen 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 7,582 in Lower Allen). Lower Allen has the higher median household income ($85,537 vs $81,696 in Mechanicsburg). Lower Allen has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $227,600 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
Population	7,582	9,535
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,537	$81,696
Median home value	$246,100	$227,600
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,033
Housing units	3,374	4,370
Homeownership rate	68.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
Population	6,840 → 7,582 (+10.8%)	9,006 → 9,535 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$74,358 → $85,537 (+15.0%)	$55,652 → $81,696 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $246,100 (+34.0%)	$170,400 → $227,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,117 (+22.7%)	$905 → $1,033 (+14.1%)

Lower Allen

Population

6,8407,582

Median household income

$74,358$85,537

Median home value

$183,600$246,100

Median gross rent

$910$1,117

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)

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	9.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	22.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	77.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	15.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	59.3%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	13.1%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lower Allen	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1970	1960