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Mechanicsburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Mechanicsburg, PA — Census place “Mechanicsburg borough”) is 9,535 residents, ranking #98 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $81,696, the median home is worth $227,600 and median gross rent runs $1,033 a month. Looking for the Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mechanicsburg, PA: 17055.
- Population
- 9,535Mechanicsburg borough residents
- Median household income
- $81,696Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $227,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,033Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67.7%Owner-occupied households
Mechanicsburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mechanicsburg.
The Mechanicsburg PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Mechanicsburg borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mechanicsburg borough median would spend about 15.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.2% of residents and 67.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Mechanicsburg borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Mechanicsburg borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 9,535 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #98 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Mechanicsburg borough earn a median of $81,696 a year, 4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 15% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Mechanicsburg borough is valued at $227,600, 25% below the national figure and 18% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,033 a month, 26.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,396 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
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- East Stroudsburg borough 9,278
- Bala Cynwyd CDP 9,622
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- Sunbury city 9,643
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Mechanicsburg borough?
- Mechanicsburg borough has 9,535 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #98 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Mechanicsburg borough?
- Median household income in Mechanicsburg borough is $81,696 a year, 4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mechanicsburg borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,033 a month and the median home value is $227,600, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.
- Is Mechanicsburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mechanicsburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Mechanicsburg borough data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.