Lavelle vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Mechanicsville has the higher population (464 vs 437 in Lavelle). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($63,942 vs $52,557 in Lavelle). Lavelle has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $101,100 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
Population	437	464
Median age	46.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,557	$63,942
Median home value	$115,400	$101,100
Median gross rent	—	$914
Housing units	195	234
Homeownership rate	77.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
Population	490 → 437 (-10.8%)	467 → 464 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$31,607 → $52,557 (+66.3%)	$66,750 → $63,942 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $115,400 (+15.1%)	$86,300 → $101,100 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$967 → $914 (-5.5%)

Lavelle

Population

490437

Median household income

$31,607$52,557

Median home value

$100,300$115,400

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)

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
Under 5	13.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	7.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.6%
75 and over	14.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	37.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	75.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	20.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	74.9%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	18.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Lavelle	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	20.6%	11.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938