Mechanicsburg vs Rocky Gap

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

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

Mechanicsburg has the higher population (54 vs 7 in Rocky Gap). Since 2019, Mechanicsburg's population has grown faster (+58.8% vs -53.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
Population	54	7
Median age	46.5 yrs	—
Median home value	$131,700	—
Housing units	19	18
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	100.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
Population	34 → 54 (+58.8%)	15 → 7 (-53.3%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

3454

Rocky Gap

Population

157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	18.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	25.9%	100.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	29.6%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
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+

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	100.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
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

	Mechanicsburg	Rocky Gap
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.84	—
Median year structure built	1954	—