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Mechanicsville district, Hanover County, VA

15,802 Population
8.5 square miles 1,863.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hanover County: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,958 ±$2,468 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hanover County: $53,490 ±$2,065
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,273 ±$8,663 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hanover County: $112,805 ±$4,144
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±1.7% (1,109  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hanover County: 5.7% † 6,290 (±0.8% / ±835)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±3.8 (143,480  ±16,243) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hanover County: 27 1,260,225 (±0.8 / ±51,249)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,727 ±422 Number of households
  • Hanover County: 42,688 ±384
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,527  ±1,096) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hanover County: 2.6 110,539 (±0 / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.9% (119  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hanover County: 5.1% † 1,250 (±1% / ±253)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,018 ±446 Number of housing units
  • Hanover County: 44,589 ±96
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$331,800 ±$13,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hanover County: $400,400 ±$7,997
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±2.1% (1,149  ±338.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hanover County: 8.4% † 9,342 (±0.9% / ±1,021.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±3.4% (10,818  ±810.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hanover County: 94.5% 74,870 (±2.4% / ±1,899.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.1% ±2.8% (3,517  ±399.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hanover County: 42.7% 33,847 (±1.6% / ±1,259.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.1% ±2.2% (646  ±348) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Hanover County: 4.3% 4,799
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±2.5% (1,118  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hanover County: 7.9% 7,013 (±0.7% / ±612)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,118 Total veterans ±323 938 Male ±273 180 Female ±128

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