Mechanicsville is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 1,673 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mechanicsville is the 208th largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mechanicsville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mechanicsville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mechanicsville who work in sales jobs (12.90%), architecture and engineering (10.89%), and management occupations (10.36%). Because of many things, Mechanicsville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Mechanicsville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Mechanicsville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Mechanicsville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.85 minutes every day commuting to work. Mechanicsville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Mechanicsville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.57% of adults in Mechanicsville have a college degree. The per capita income in Mechanicsville in 2022 was $56,387, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $225,548 for a family of four. Mechanicsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mechanicsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mechanicsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mechanicsville include Irish, German, French, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Mechanicsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
