Mount Savage vs Rawlings

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Savage and Rawlings: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Savage and Rawlings are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Savage has the higher population (462 vs 404 in Rawlings). Rawlings has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $84,300 in Mount Savage). Since 2019, Rawlings's population has grown faster (-13.9% vs -38.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
Population	462	404
Median age	51.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	—
Median home value	$84,300	$172,300
Housing units	317	143
Homeownership rate	83.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
Population	747 → 462 (-38.2%)	469 → 404 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $53,750 (+12.7%)	—
Median home value	$88,000 → $84,300 (-4.2%)	$151,100 → $172,300 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $613 (-20.8%)	—

Mount Savage

Population

747462

Median household income

$47,708$53,750

Median home value

$88,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$774$613

Rawlings

Population

469404

Median home value

$151,100$172,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.4%
25 to 34	5.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	23.3%
45 to 54	21.6%	2.7%
55 to 64	22.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	22.1%	3.7%
75 and over	3.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	23.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	58.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
Drove alone	74.7%	71.9%
Carpooled	20.8%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
1-unit, detached	82.3%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Savage	Rawlings
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1938	1973