Mechanicsburg vs Schlusser

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

Mechanicsburg and Schlusser 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 5,926 in Schlusser). Schlusser has the higher median household income ($92,813 vs $81,696 in Mechanicsburg). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($227,600 vs $218,500 in Schlusser).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
Population	9,535	5,926
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,696	$92,813
Median home value	$227,600	$218,500
Median gross rent	$1,033	$973
Housing units	4,370	2,432
Homeownership rate	67.7%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
Population	9,006 → 9,535 (+5.9%)	4,794 → 5,926 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$55,652 → $81,696 (+46.8%)	$69,092 → $92,813 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $227,600 (+33.6%)	$155,500 → $218,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,033 (+14.1%)	$827 → $973 (+17.7%)

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

Schlusser

Population

4,7945,926

Median household income

$69,092$92,813

Median home value

$155,500$218,500

Median gross rent

$827$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.9%
75 and over	7.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
Drove alone	75.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.7%
Public transit	1.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
1-unit, detached	57.4%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	21.0%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Schlusser
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1960	1979