Dundalk vs Woodlawn

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

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

Dundalk has the higher population (65,441 vs 40,476 in Woodlawn). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($78,591 vs $62,349 in Dundalk). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $199,600 in Dundalk).

Population, income & housing

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
Population	65,441	40,476
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,349	$78,591
Median home value	$199,600	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,440
Housing units	27,029	15,998
Homeownership rate	63.4%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
Population	63,015 → 65,441 (+3.8%)	40,469 → 40,476 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$55,757 → $62,349 (+11.8%)	$68,623 → $78,591 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $199,600 (+33.2%)	$219,000 → $269,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,412 (+23.8%)	$1,300 → $1,440 (+10.8%)

Dundalk

Population

63,01565,441

Median household income

$55,757$62,349

Median home value

$149,800$199,600

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,412

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)

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
Under 5	5.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.4%
75 and over	6.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	19.7%
Black or African American	17.3%	49.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	15.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
Drove alone	75.1%	71.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	4.2%	3.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.1%	14.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	36.6%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	46.0%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	17.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dundalk	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	19.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1955	1969