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Mechanicsburg borough, Cumberland County, PA

9,535 Population
2.4 square miles 3,955.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cumberland County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,945 ±$4,115 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $45,365 ±$865
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$81,696 ±$16,233 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $85,634 ±$2,746
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.2% ±2.8% (488  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.8% 19,473 (±0.6% / ±1,604)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.8 minutes ±4.2 (111,020  ±22,504) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 22.1 2,423,810 (±0.5 / ±65,656)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

4,212 ±328 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 105,187 ±670
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (9,472  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.4 251,371 (±0 / ±207)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.7% ±4.1% (94  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Cumberland County: 5% † 2,977 (±0.6% / ±371)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,370 ±350 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 110,265 ±144
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$227,600 ±$16,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cumberland County: $261,900 ±$4,656
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.2% ±3.5% (773  ±331.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cumberland County: 13% 34,148 (±0.8% / ±2,053.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.8% ±8.8% (6,853  ±704.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 93.5% 171,954 (±1.7% / ±3,100.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
42.2% ±7.1% (3,022  ±524.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 39.6% 72,797 (±1.1% / ±2,027.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±2.1% (338  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 7.2% 18,894
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

11.3% ±3.2% (852  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cumberland County: 8.4% 17,666 (±0.6% / ±1,192)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
852 Total veterans ±243 795 Male ±226 57 Female ±75

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