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Mechanicsville, MD

1,395 Population
5.2 square miles 268.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$68,795 ±$28,901 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: $55,350 ±$1,180
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
$120,966 ±$37,197 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: $126,256 ±$3,517
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597

2.9% ±2.6% (40  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 6.1% † 12,614 (±0.7% / ±1,515)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)

40.4 minutes ±22 (24,210  ±9,171) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 34.1 3,007,325 (±0.7 / ±94,440)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)

Families

515 ±149 Number of households
  • the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 75,901 ±703
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
2.7 ±0.5 (1,395  ±471) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 2.7 206,228 (±0 / ±99)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810

3.5% ±5.1% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,746 (±0.9% / ±433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)

Housing

557 ±152 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 82,504 ±101
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424

$416,100 ±$72,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: $434,100 ±$6,086
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385

21.2% ±26.1% (293  ±374.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 11.3% 23,530 (±1% / ±2,059.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)

Social

98.1% ±37.7% (890  ±225.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 93.7% 133,908 (±2% / ±2,834.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
37.2% ±15% (337  ±167.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 36.7% 52,455 (±1.2% / ±1,721.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.7% ±5.2% (59  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area: 13% 20,266 (±0.8% / ±1,186)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
59 Total veterans ±48 50 Male ±41 9 Female ±14

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