Bastian vs Mechanicsburg

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

Bastian and Mechanicsburg are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bastian has the higher population (417 vs 54 in Mechanicsburg). Bastian has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $131,700 in Mechanicsburg). Since 2019, Mechanicsburg's population has grown faster (+58.8% vs +1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
Population	417	54
Median age	62.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,490	—
Median home value	$160,300	$131,700
Housing units	258	19
Homeownership rate	56.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
Population	412 → 417 (+1.2%)	34 → 54 (+58.8%)
Median household income	$30,795 → $41,490 (+34.7%)	—
Median home value	$62,300 → $160,300 (+157.3%)	—

Bastian

Population

412417

Median household income

$30,795$41,490

Median home value

$62,300$160,300

Mechanicsburg

Population

3454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	25.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	20.9%	29.6%
75 and over	22.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	9.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	45.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bastian	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.84
Median year structure built	1952	1954