Mechanicsville vs Sheppton

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

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

Sheppton has the higher population (498 vs 464 in Mechanicsville). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($63,942 vs $57,778 in Sheppton). Sheppton has the higher median home value ($105,800 vs $101,100 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
Population	464	498
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,942	$57,778
Median home value	$101,100	$105,800
Median gross rent	$914	—
Housing units	234	176
Homeownership rate	75.4%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
Population	467 → 464 (-0.6%)	222 → 498 (+124.3%)
Median household income	$66,750 → $63,942 (-4.2%)	$41,389 → $57,778 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $101,100 (+17.1%)	$93,000 → $105,800 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $914 (-5.5%)	$705 → $735 (+4.3%)

Mechanicsville

Population

467464

Median household income

$66,750$63,942

Median home value

$86,300$101,100

Median gross rent

$967$914

Sheppton

Population

222498

Median household income

$41,389$57,778

Median home value

$93,000$105,800

Median gross rent

$705$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	36.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	19.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	22.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	5.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	6.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
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	0.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	57.1%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
Drove alone	69.9%	66.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	10.6%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
1-unit, detached	70.5%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	18.8%	24.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsville	Sheppton
Poverty rate	11.9%	54.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938