Catonsville vs Woodlawn

A side-by-side comparison of Catonsville and Woodlawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catonsville has the higher population (42,717 vs 40,476 in Woodlawn). Catonsville has the higher median household income ($110,051 vs $78,591 in Woodlawn). Catonsville has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $269,800 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
Population	42,717	40,476
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,051	$78,591
Median home value	$405,800	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,440
Housing units	16,755	15,998
Homeownership rate	69.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
Population	41,547 → 42,717 (+2.8%)	40,469 → 40,476 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$89,219 → $110,051 (+23.3%)	$68,623 → $78,591 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$327,900 → $405,800 (+23.8%)	$219,000 → $269,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,697 (+16.1%)	$1,300 → $1,440 (+10.8%)

Catonsville

Population

41,54742,717

Median household income

$89,219$110,051

Median home value

$327,900$405,800

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,697

Woodlawn

Population

40,46940,476

Median household income

$68,623$78,591

Median home value

$219,000$269,800

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
Under 5	4.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	14.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.4%
75 and over	10.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	19.7%
Black or African American	18.1%	49.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	17.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
Drove alone	68.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.1%
Public transit	1.8%	3.5%
Walked	4.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.0%	14.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	49.7%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	17.7%
20 or more units	11.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Catonsville	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	6.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1964	1969