Baltimore Highlands vs Lansdowne

A side-by-side comparison of Baltimore Highlands and Lansdowne: population, income, housing, and more.

Baltimore Highlands and Lansdowne are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lansdowne has the higher population (8,879 vs 8,564 in Baltimore Highlands). Lansdowne has the higher median household income ($72,845 vs $64,284 in Baltimore Highlands). Baltimore Highlands has the higher median home value ($258,000 vs $201,500 in Lansdowne).

Population, income & housing

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
Population	8,564	8,879
Median age	33.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,284	$72,845
Median home value	$258,000	$201,500
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,298
Housing units	3,134	3,648
Homeownership rate	52.9%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
Population	7,944 → 8,564 (+7.8%)	8,477 → 8,879 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$56,637 → $64,284 (+13.5%)	$45,500 → $72,845 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $258,000 (+34.2%)	$152,200 → $201,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,352 (+21.1%)	$1,096 → $1,298 (+18.4%)

Baltimore Highlands

Population

7,9448,564

Median household income

$56,637$64,284

Median home value

$192,300$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,352

Lansdowne

Population

8,4778,879

Median household income

$45,500$72,845

Median home value

$152,200$201,500

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
Under 5	9.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.1%
75 and over	3.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	63.4%
Black or African American	26.3%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
No high school diploma	26.6%	19.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
Drove alone	68.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	15.5%
Public transit	13.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.2%
Other means	2.5%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
1-unit, detached	43.6%	34.8%
1-unit, attached	44.5%	47.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.7%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Baltimore Highlands	Lansdowne
Poverty rate	22.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1961	1957