Ashland vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Mechanicsville has the higher population (38,437 vs 7,667 in Ashland). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($97,569 vs $65,000 in Ashland). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $272,600 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
Population	7,667	38,437
Median age	30.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$97,569
Median home value	$272,600	$323,600
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,645
Housing units	3,063	15,846
Homeownership rate	56.3%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
Population	7,750 → 7,667 (-1.1%)	37,496 → 38,437 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $65,000 (+18.2%)	$79,692 → $97,569 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$191,900 → $272,600 (+42.1%)	$241,400 → $323,600 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,154 (+16.3%)	$1,202 → $1,645 (+36.9%)

Ashland

Population

7,7507,667

Median household income

$55,000$65,000

Median home value

$191,900$272,600

Median gross rent

$992$1,154

Mechanicsville

Population

37,49638,437

Median household income

$79,692$97,569

Median home value

$241,400$323,600

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
Under 5	3.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	24.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.1%
75 and over	6.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	19.1%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	74.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	7.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	51.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1983	1990