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Mechanicsville district, Hanover County, VA

15,596 Population
8.5 square miles 1,839.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hanover County: 42.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,755 ±$2,726 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hanover County: $51,509 ±$1,964
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$80,783 ±$7,557 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hanover County: $109,504 ±$3,618
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

8.5% ±2.6% (1,308  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hanover County: 5.2% † 5,663 (±0.8% / ±856)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

23.6 minutes ±0.7 (155,400  ±16,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hanover County: 27.1 1,309,135 (±0.8 / ±52,005)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

6,550 ±437 Number of households
  • Hanover County: 42,012 ±403
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.1 (15,356  ±1,120) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hanover County: 2.6 109,467 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.9% ±3.2% (151  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hanover County: 5.6% † 1,340 (±1.3% / ±304)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

6,998 ±493 Number of housing units
  • Hanover County: 43,983 ±69
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$302,200 ±$15,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hanover County: $372,700 ±$7,187
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

8.7% ±1.9% (1,339  ±305) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hanover County: 8.3% † 9,136 (±0.9% / ±966.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

92.6% ±3.1% (10,445  ±796.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hanover County: 94.4% 73,560 (±2.3% / ±1,805.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
30.2% ±2.7% (3,406  ±385.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hanover County: 42.4% 33,031 (±1.6% / ±1,219.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

3.1% ±1.6% (485  ±255) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hanover County: 4.1% 4,551
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

11% ±2.9% (1,344  ±365) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hanover County: 8.3% 7,251 (±0.8% / ±698)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,344 Total veterans ±365 1,126 Male ±312 218 Female ±138

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