Mechanicsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
The population was 463 at the time of the 2020 census.
Geography
Mechanicsville is located at 40°41′30″N 76°10′54″W / 40.69167°N 76.18167°W (40.691596, -76.181576).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.3 square mile (0.9 km), all land.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 560 | — | |
| 1930 | 706 | 26.1% | |
| 1940 | 748 | 5.9% | |
| 1950 | 540 | −27.8% | |
| 1960 | 588 | 8.9% | |
| 1970 | 663 | 12.8% | |
| 1980 | 519 | −21.7% | |
| 1990 | 540 | 4.0% | |
| 2000 | 515 | −4.6% | |
| 2010 | 457 | −11.3% | |
| 2020 | 463 | 1.3% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 464 | 0.2% | |
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As of the census of 2000, there were 515 people, 209 households and 149 families residing in the borough.
The population density was 1,559.8 inhabitants per square mile (602.2/km). There were 230 housing units at an average density of 696.6 per square mile (269.0/km).
The racial makeup of the borough was 98.25% White, 0.19% African American, 0.19% Asian, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.78% of the population.
There were 209 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 57.4% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of eighteen, 6.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.6% from twenty-five to forty-four, 25.4% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.
For every one hundred females there were 87.3 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 90.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $34,583, and the median income for a family was $40,556. Males had a median income of $33,750 compared with that of $21,354 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $16,511.
Roughly 8.0% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.7% of those under age eighteen and 16.7% of those aged sixty-five or over.