Auburn vs Mechanicsville

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn and Mechanicsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Auburn has the higher population (508 vs 464 in Mechanicsville). Auburn has the higher median household income ($67,679 vs $63,942 in Mechanicsville). Auburn has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $101,100 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
Population	508	464
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,679	$63,942
Median home value	$182,300	$101,100
Median gross rent	$1,133	$914
Housing units	268	234
Homeownership rate	66.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
Population	564 → 508 (-9.9%)	467 → 464 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $67,679 (+50.4%)	$66,750 → $63,942 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $182,300 (+88.5%)	$86,300 → $101,100 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,133 (+37.3%)	$967 → $914 (-5.5%)

Auburn

Population

564508

Median household income

$45,000$67,679

Median home value

$96,700$182,300

Median gross rent

$825$1,133

Mechanicsville

Population

467464

Median household income

$66,750$63,942

Median home value

$86,300$101,100

Median gross rent

$967$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
Under 5	2.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.6%
75 and over	13.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	7.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	49.7%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	76.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	4.5%	1.7%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.5%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	75.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	18.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938