Mechanicsburg, PA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mechanicsburg, PA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 67,052. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MECHANICSBURG-PA · Mechanicsburg, PA 2 ZIPs · 67,052 pop · #3508/25278 · Cumberland County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $106,399
- RANK-TOP #3508/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Boiling Springs
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 75% owners
- POP-SMALL 67,052
- SPREAD-TIGHT 17055→17050
- HOME-MID $328,700
Nearest income peer: Boiling Springs, PA (+ $10,731 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mechanicsburg
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mechanicsburg on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Lemoyne · lowest
Lemoyne · lowest
$61,173 median HH income
- Enola · near
Enola · near
$91,285 median HH income
- Newburg · near
Newburg · near
$91,429 median HH income
- Camp Hill · near
Camp Hill · near
$92,556 median HH income
- Mechanicsburg · this city
Mechanicsburg · this city
$106,399 median HH income
- Boiling Spring · highest
Boiling Spring · highest
$117,130 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mechanicsburg, PA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 14%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 67,052
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $106,399
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $106,399 and home value $328,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 51.1%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Mechanicsburg as a pure owner town.
Within Pennsylvania, Lansdale is the closest lower-income city and Bernville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mechanicsburg.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Mechanicsburg differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Mechanicsburg: $99,077 in ZIP 17055 to $113,720 in 17050. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 0.4 points
17055 to 17050
17055 to 17050
17050 to 17055
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 17055 skews compact Mechanicsburg
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 17055 covers about 51% of Mechanicsburg's 67,052 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Mechanicsburg
Citywide ZBP: 2,204 establishments, 42,030 employees , annual payroll $2,587,776k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17050 (1,163 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (351) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Mechanicsburg, PA
These ZIP codes sit in Cumberland County, which covers 19 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Mechanicsburg. See the Cumberland County roll-up →
Mechanicsburg sits in the upper half of Cumberland County on income: Carlisle, Camp Hill and Shippensburg report less, while Boiling Springs reports more. Lemoyne marks the far end of that range at $61,173, 43% below Mechanicsburg.
Side-by-side: Compare 17055 vs 17050 →
Mechanicsburg roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Mechanicsburg, .