Bland vs Mechanicsburg

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

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

Bland has the higher population (526 vs 54 in Mechanicsburg). Bland has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $131,700 in Mechanicsburg). Since 2019, Mechanicsburg's population has grown faster (+58.8% vs +46.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
Population	526	54
Median age	26.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,333	—
Median home value	$156,500	$131,700
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	240	19
Homeownership rate	51.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
Population	360 → 526 (+46.1%)	34 → 54 (+58.8%)
Median household income	$43,311 → $68,333 (+57.8%)	—
Median home value	$92,600 → $156,500 (+69.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$676 → $640 (-5.3%)	—

Bland

Population

360526

Median household income

$43,311$68,333

Median home value

$92,600$156,500

Median gross rent

$676$640

Mechanicsburg

Population

3454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
Under 5	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	18.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	34.6%	25.9%
45 to 54	1.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	0.8%	29.6%
75 and over	4.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	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+

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	64.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
Drove alone	78.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
1-unit, detached	58.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bland	Mechanicsburg
Poverty rate	12.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.99	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1980	1954