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Mechanicsville, VA (Virginia) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $319,907 (it was $132,300 in 2000)
Mechanicsville:

$319,907
Virginia:

$365,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $264,340 - $412,583

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $349,680
Here:

$349,680
State:

$472,865

Townhouses or other attached units: $311,703
Here:

$311,703
State:

$457,437

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $248,136
Here:

$248,136
State:

$382,551

Total population: 36,348 (Urban population: 30,355, Rural population: 102 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 16,220 (15,535 occupied: 12,242 owner occupied, 3,485 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

22%
State:

33%

Housing density: 571 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $262,720.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,209 (lower quartile is $954, upper quartile is $1,664)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,932


Median gross rent in Mechanicsville, VA in 2022: $1,406

Housing units in Mechanicsville with a mortgage: 8,659 (812 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 647 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 207

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $110,896

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $77,416

Median monthly housing costs: $1,349

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Mechanicsville, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1992

Median year apartment built: 1993

Household type by relationship:

Households: 39,169
  • Male householders: 7,168 (1,416 living alone), Female householders: 8,202 (2,756 living alone)
  • 7,860 spouses (7,782 opposite-sex spouses), 1,135 unmarried partners, (1,109 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,629 children (10,520 natural, 464 adopted, 643 stepchildren), 818 grandchildren, 373 brothers or sisters, 539 parents, 13 foster children, 351 other relatives, 779 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 296

Size of family households: 5,171 2-persons, 2,656 3-persons, 1,941 4-persons, 755 5-persons, 297 6-persons, 80 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,830 1-person, 672 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 13 4-persons.

5,838 married couples with children.
2,636 single-parent households (861 men, 1,775 women).

96.4% of residents of Mechanicsville speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 1,159 (3.0%)
(50.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.0
State:

7.0

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.5
State:

4.3

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • 0no bedroom
  • 121 bedroom
  • 1,0352 bedrooms
  • 5,9133 bedrooms
  • 4,3114 bedrooms
  • 9715+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • 198no bedroom
  • 5641 bedroom
  • 1,2542 bedrooms
  • 1,0123 bedrooms
  • 3514 bedrooms
  • 1075+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 141no vehicle
  • 2,6391 vehicle
  • 4,8782 vehicles
  • 3,0313 vehicles
  • 1,1314 vehicles
  • 4215+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsville in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Mechanicsville in renter-occupied apartments
  • 482no vehicle
  • 1,3881 vehicle
  • 9442 vehicles
  • 5193 vehicles
  • 1274 vehicles
  • 265+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 403 rooms
  • 2184 rooms
  • 1,8435 rooms
  • 2,5836 rooms
  • 2,4177 rooms
  • 2,4488 rooms
  • 2,6969+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • 1981 room
  • 782 rooms
  • 4263 rooms
  • 9464 rooms
  • 3545 rooms
  • 3646 rooms
  • 4147 rooms
  • 4758 rooms
  • 2309+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
  • Mechanicsville, VA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Mechanicsville, VA in 2022
  • 311Less than $10,000
  • 829$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,214$20,000 to $29,999
  • 518$30,000 to $39,999
  • 954$40,000 to $49,999
  • 964$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,747$60,000 to $74,999
  • 2,054$75,000 to $99,999
  • 2,310$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,762$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,794$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,357$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Mechanicsville, VA

  • Distribution of house value in Mechanicsville, VA in 2022
  • 9Less than $10,000
  • 23$10,000 to $14,999
  • 56$20,000 to $24,999
  • 62$25,000 to $29,999
  • 35$30,000 to $34,999
  • 19$35,000 to $39,999
  • 14$40,000 to $49,999
  • 69$100,000 to $124,999
  • 70$125,000 to $149,999
  • 82$150,000 to $174,999
  • 536$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,703$200,000 to $249,999
  • 2,850$250,000 to $299,999
  • 3,984$300,000 to $399,999
  • 1,907$400,000 to $499,999
  • 377$500,000 to $749,999
  • 56$750,000 to $999,999
  • 20$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Mechanicsville, VA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Mechanicsville, VA in 2022
  • 8$100 to $149
  • 93$150 to $199
  • 292$200 to $249
  • 67$300 to $349
  • 8$350 to $399
  • 20$550 to $599
  • 7$600 to $649
  • 12$650 to $699
  • 37$700 to $749
  • 20$800 to $899
  • 99$900 to $999
  • 882$1,000 to $1,249
  • 705$1,250 to $1,499
  • 702$1,500 to $1,999
  • 162$2,000 to $2,499
  • 142$3,500 or more
  • 163No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 48.7%
Number of people working at home: 3,469 (17.2% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 279
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 789
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,962
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 2,363
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 4,881
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 2,285
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2,723
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 420
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 627
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 479
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 191
  • 90 or more minutes: 181
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Mechanicsville

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 12,244 (72.9%)
  • Carpooled: 971 (5.8%)
  • Taxi: 170 (1.0%)
  • Bicycle: 15 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 99 (0.6%)
  • Worked at home: 3,469 (20.7%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 2.0%Males
  • 0.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 3.1%Males
  • 1.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 3.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 3.8%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mechanicsville, Virginia
  • 4142010 or later
  • 4772000 to 2009
  • 2771990 to 1999
  • 1581980 to 1989
  • 631970 to 1979
  • 152Before 1970
Ancestries in Mechanicsville, VA

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 4,569 (24.3%)
  • English: 3,590 (19.1%)
  • German: 1,346 (7.2%)
  • Irish: 1,094 (5.8%)
  • European: 765 (4.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 416 (2.2%)
  • Scottish: 375 (2.0%)
  • Italian: 363 (1.9%)
  • Polish: 352 (1.9%)
  • British: 184 (1.0%)
  • French: 163 (0.9%)
  • Dutch: 153 (0.8%)
  • African: 115 (0.6%)
  • West Indian: 99 (0.5%)
  • Russian: 80 (0.4%)
  • Eastern European: 75 (0.4%)
  • Norwegian: 74 (0.4%)
  • Welsh: 72 (0.4%)
  • Ukrainian: 35 (0.2%)
  • Czech: 31 (0.2%)
  • Romanian: 23 (0.1%)
  • Egyptian: 21 (0.1%)
  • French Canadian: 21 (0.1%)
  • Swedish: 19 (0.1%)
  • Ethiopian: 17 (0.09%)
  • Arab: 14 (0.07%)
  • Hungarian: 14 (0.07%)
  • Austrian: 13 (0.07%)
  • Cajun: 10 (0.05%)
  • Canadian: 10 (0.05%)
  • Slovak: 8 (0.04%)
  • Jordanian: 7 (0.04%)
  • Celtic: 7 (0.04%)
  • Greek: 6 (0.03%)
  • Lithuanian: 6 (0.03%)
  • Latvian: 5 (0.03%)
  • Portuguese: 5 (0.03%)
  • Macedonian: 4 (0.02%)
  • Croatian: 4 (0.02%)
  • Lebanese: 2 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

England
Mechanicsville:

18.5% (287)
Virginia:

0.9% (9,842)

Cambodia
Mechanicsville:

7.4% (114)
Virginia:

0.4% (4,747)

Canada
Mechanicsville:

6.2% (96)
Virginia:

1.2% (12,984)

India
Mechanicsville:

5.9% (92)
Virginia:

9.0% (97,830)

Philippines
Mechanicsville:

5.7% (89)
Virginia:

4.8% (52,629)

Colombia
Mechanicsville:

4.0% (62)
Virginia:

1.3% (14,435)

Russia
Mechanicsville:

4.0% (62)
Virginia:

0.9% (9,440)

Germany
Mechanicsville:

3.9% (60)
Virginia:

1.7% (18,227)

Zimbabwe
Mechanicsville:

3.9% (60)
Virginia:

0.1% (846)

Togo
Mechanicsville:

3.4% (53)
Virginia:

0.1% (999)

Vietnam
Mechanicsville:

2.9% (45)
Virginia:

4.2% (45,750)

Brazil
Mechanicsville:

2.8% (44)
Virginia:

0.7% (8,081)

United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Mechanicsville:

2.5% (39)
Virginia:

0.8% (8,513)

Italy
Mechanicsville:

2.5% (39)
Virginia:

0.5% (5,147)

Saudi Arabia
Mechanicsville:

2.2% (34)
Virginia:

0.3% (3,713)

Ukraine
Mechanicsville:

2.1% (33)
Virginia:

0.4% (4,301)

Eritrea
Mechanicsville:

2.0% (31)
Virginia:

0.3% (3,058)

Scotland
Mechanicsville:

1.7% (26)
Virginia:

0.1% (1,592)

Japan
Mechanicsville:

1.6% (25)
Virginia:

0.8% (8,805)

Pakistan
Mechanicsville:

1.5% (24)
Virginia:

2.3% (24,582)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 28,127
  • Other state: 9,407
  • Northeast: 3,118
  • Midwest: 1,763
  • South: 3,563
  • West: 944

92.1% of Mechanicsville residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40.6% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79.6% lived in Virginia.


Mechanicsville:

92.1%
State average:

86.6%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 63
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 25
  • 7th and 8th grade: 58
  • 9th grade: 142
  • 10th grade: 121
  • 11th grade: 116
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 66
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,322
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,100
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,962
  • Associate degree: 1,122
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,089
  • Master's degree: 1,103
  • Professional school degree: 175
  • Doctorate degree: 370
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 180
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 47
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 35
  • 9th grade: 32
  • 10th grade: 54
  • 11th grade: 197
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 361
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,356
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,151
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,572
  • Associate degree: 1,395
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,565
  • Master's degree: 2,342
  • Professional school degree: 209
  • Doctorate degree: 79
Educational Attainment for Females
Mechanicsville marital status for males
Mechanicsville marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 12,988
  • One, attached: 1,048
  • Two: 24
  • 3 or 4: 210
  • 5 to 9: 500
  • 10 to 19: 864
  • 20 to 49: 40
  • 50 or more: 525
  • Mobile homes: 16
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.5%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.4%

House/condo owner moved in on average 12 years ago

Renter moved in on average 2 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Mechanicsville
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Mechanicsville, VA
  • 63.5%Electricity
  • 29.7%Utility gas
  • 3.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 2.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%No fuel used
  • 0.2%Other fuel
  • 0.1%Wood
  • 0.1%Solar energy
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Mechanicsville, VA
  • 87.4%Electricity
  • 9.1%Utility gas
  • 1.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Wood
  • 0.4%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 279
Here:

7.1%
Virginia:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 285
Here:

11.8%
Virginia:

10.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 355
Here:

36.0%
Virginia:

18.7%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability