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Population (year 2000): 1,744. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,719 (-1.4% change)
 

Males: 844  (48.4%)
Females: 900  (51.6%)

Champaign County

Median resident age:  34.5 years
Ohio median age:  36.2 years

Zip codes: 43044.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,600 (it was $33,385 in 2000)
Mechanicsburg  $33,600
Ohio:  $43,493

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $83,800 (it was $77,500 in 2000)
Mechanicsburg  $83,800
Ohio:  $129,600

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Races in Mechanicsburg:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
  • Black (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (18.2%), United States (14.7%), Irish (11.2%), English (11.1%), Dutch (3.7%), Scotch-Irish (2.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 1.03 square miles.

Population density: 1672 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Mechanicsburg

  • High school or higher: 74.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
  • Unemployed: 5.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mechanicsburg village

  • Never married: 26.5%
  • Now married: 49.7%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 8.5%
  • Divorced: 12.8%

15 residents are foreign born

This village:  0.9%
Ohio:  3.0%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Mechanicsburg, Ohio in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Mechanicsburg to the number of sex offenders is 245 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Mechanicsburg:  0.9% ($726)
Ohio:  1.2% ($1,271)
Mechanicsburg satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Springfield, OH (19.8 miles , pop. 65,358).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Columbus, OH (39.3 miles , pop. 711,470).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (308.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Mutual, OH (5.5 miles) , Catawba, OH (6.8 miles ), Woodstock, OH (7.1 miles ), Choctaw Lake, OH (9.1 miles ), North Lewisburg, OH (10.3 miles ), South Vienna, OH (10.8 miles ), Milford Center, OH (11.1 miles ), Urbana, OH (13.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings

Latitude: 40.07 N, Longitude: 83.56 W


Area code: 937

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Population change in the 1990s: -60 (-3.3%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Transportation equipment (24%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
  • Chemicals (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (17%)
  • Transportation equipment (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)


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Crime in Mechanicsburg (2002):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 6 rapes (341.9 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 18 thefts (1025.6 per 100,000)
  • 0 auto thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 314.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 328.4)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.75
US city average:  3.00

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Mechanicsburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Ohio state average. It is 53% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 11.1 miles away from the Mechanicsburg village center killed 36 people and injured 1150 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 9/20/2000, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 32.5 miles away from the village center killed one person and injured 100 people and caused $15 million in damages.


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Birthplace of: William B. Saxbe.


Hospitals/medical centers near Mechanicsburg:
  • MADISON COUNTY HOSPITAL INC (about 16 miles; LONDON, OH)
  • MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; URBANA, OH)
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF UNION COUNTY (about 19 miles; MARYSVILLE, OH)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mechanicsburg:
  • SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY MUNI (about 26 miles; SPRINGFIELD, OH; ID: SGH)
  • OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: OSU)
  • PORT COLUMBUS INTL (about 48 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: CMH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mechanicsburg:
  • WELLER (about 9 miles; URBANA, OH; ID: 38I)
  • MADISON COUNTY (about 14 miles; LONDON, OH; ID: UYF)
  • GRIMES FIELD (about 14 miles; URBANA, OH; ID: I74)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mechanicsburg:
  • WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Full-time enrollment: 2,197)
  • CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; CEDARVILLE, OH; FT enrollment: 2,782)
  • CAPITAL UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 3,187)
  • DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 39 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 2,999)
  • OTTERBEIN COLLEGE (about 46 miles; WESTERVILLE, OH; FT enrollment: 2,226)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON (about 49 miles; DAYTON, OH; FT enrollment: 8,819)
  • COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 10,583)
Public high school in Mechanicsburg:
  • MECHANICSBURG HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 380; Location: 60 HIGH ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public elementary/middle school in Mechanicsburg:
  • DOHRON WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 470; Location: 60 HIGH ST; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Mechanicsburg:
  • MECHANICSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $367,375; Location: 60 S. MAIN ST.; 44,136 books; 1,141 audio materials; 2,031 video materials; 176 serial subscriptions)

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Churches in Mechanicsburg include: Mechanicsburg Baptist Church (A), Mechanicsburg United Methodist Church (B), Saint Michael Catholic Church (C), Second Baptist Church (D), Church of Our Savior (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Clover Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Mechanicsburg include: Memorial Park (1), Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Mechanicsburg Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Court: Mechanicsburg Village - Mayor's Court Clerk- Clerk (18 North Main Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Mechanicsburg and their reported violations in the past:

MECHANICSBURG FELLOWSHIP CHURCH PWS (Population served: 300, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between APR-1998 and JUN-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-15-1998), St Public Notif requested (MAY-15-1998), St Public Notif received (JUN-02-1998)
  • MCL, Acute (TCR) - Between APR-1998 and JUN-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-22-1998), St Boil Water Order (MAY-22-1998), St Public Notif requested (MAY-22-1998), St Public Notif received (JUN-02-1998)
INDIAN SPRINGS GOLF CLUB (Population served: 120, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 6 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:
This village:  2.5 people
Ohio:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  67.1%
Whole state:  67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  6.1%
Whole state:  5.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  14.9%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  5.4%
Whole state:  4.8%

Mechanicsburg compared to Ohio state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Mechanicsburg (2007 data):
  • The Citizens National Bank of Urbana: Mechanicsburg Branch at 2 South Main Street, branch established on 1865-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $162.5 mil, Deposits: $122.4 mil, headquarters in Urbana, OH, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Park National Corporation



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$133
Police Protection - Officers 4$11,790$35,3703$3,052
Firefighters 0$0 12$71
Streets and Highways 2$6,347$38,0820$0
Health 1$1,949$23,3886$2,728
Sewerage 1$3,672$44,0640$0
Water Supply 2$3,331$19,9860$0
Judicial and Legal 1$1,984$23,8080$0
Other Government Administration 2$5,452$32,7120$0
Financial Administration 1$1,705$20,4601$766
Totals for Government 14$36,229$31,05323$6,750



6.21% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,891 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.21%
Ohio average:  5.31%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Clark County, OH  1.69% ($35,905 average AGI)
from Logan County, OH  0.71% ($34,055)
from Franklin County, OH  0.43% ($54,909)


6.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,797 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.52%
Ohio average:  5.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Clark County, OH  1.73% ($28,323 average AGI)
to Logan County, OH  0.69% ($33,841)
to Franklin County, OH  0.67% ($30,562)


Strongest AM radio stations in Mechanicsburg:
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WRFD (880 AM; daytime; 23 kW; COLUMBUS-WORTHINGTON, OH; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF OHIO, INC.)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WOSU (820 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WSAI (1530 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WKNR (850 AM; 50 kW; CLEVELAND, OH; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WIZE (1340 AM; 1 kW; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WDFN (1130 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WCHB (1200 AM; 50 kW; TAYLOR, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
  • WONE (980 AM; 5 kW; DAYTON, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mechanicsburg:
  • WRVT (88.7 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WKSW (101.7 FM; URBANA, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • WJYD (106.3 FM; LONDON, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • WDHT (102.9 FM; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • W201AK (88.1 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY)
  • WOSU-FM (89.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WEEC (100.7 FM; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Owner: WORLD EVENGELISTIC ENTERPRISE CORP.)
  • WJZK (104.3 FM; RICHWOOD, OH; Owner: SCANTLAND BROADCASTING LTD)
  • WPKO-FM (98.3 FM; BELLEFONTAINE, OH; Owner: V-TECK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WSNY (94.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: FRANKLIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WBZX (99.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC)
  • WBNS-FM (97.1 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: RADIO OHIO, INC.)
  • WXMG (98.9 FM; UPPER ARLINGTON, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • WCOL-FM (92.3 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WLVQ (96.3 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WUFM (88.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Mechanicsburg:
  • WBDT (Channel 26; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Owner: ACME TV LICENSES OF OHIO, LLC)
  • WBNS-TV (Channel 10; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: WBNS-TV, INC.)
  • WSYX (Channel 6; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: WSYX LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WCMH-TV (Channel 4; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTTE (Channel 28; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: COLUMBUS (WTTE-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WWHO (Channel 53; CHILLICOTHE, OH; Owner: UPN STATIONS GROUP INC.)
  • WOSU-TV (Channel 34; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • W47BC (Channel 47; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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