Mechanicsburg vs New Cumberland

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

Mechanicsburg and New Cumberland 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 7,531 in New Cumberland). New Cumberland has the higher median household income ($81,947 vs $81,696 in Mechanicsburg). New Cumberland has the higher median home value ($232,800 vs $227,600 in Mechanicsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
Population	9,535	7,531
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,696	$81,947
Median home value	$227,600	$232,800
Median gross rent	$1,033	$1,031
Housing units	4,370	3,574
Homeownership rate	67.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
Population	9,006 → 9,535 (+5.9%)	7,309 → 7,531 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$55,652 → $81,696 (+46.8%)	$66,364 → $81,947 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $227,600 (+33.6%)	$169,700 → $232,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,033 (+14.1%)	$826 → $1,031 (+24.8%)

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

New Cumberland

Population

7,3097,531

Median household income

$66,364$81,947

Median home value

$169,700$232,800

Median gross rent

$826$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.7%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	83.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
Drove alone	75.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.7%	16.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
1-unit, detached	57.4%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	New Cumberland
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1960	1953