Mechanicsville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 30,457 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Mechanicsville is the 31st largest community in Virginia.

Unlike some towns, Mechanicsville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mechanicsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mechanicsville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mechanicsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.06%), sales jobs (12.14%), and management occupations (10.17%).

Also of interest is that Mechanicsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One notable thing about Mechanicsville is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Mechanicsville is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Mechanicsville is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Mechanicsville Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Mechanicsville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.37% of adults in Mechanicsville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mechanicsville in 2000 was $24,068, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,272 for a family of four. However, Mechanicsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Mechanicsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mechanicsville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mechanicsville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Mechanicsville is English.