Essex vs Woodlawn

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

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

Essex has the higher population (40,670 vs 40,476 in Woodlawn). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($78,591 vs $67,082 in Essex). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $253,500 in Essex).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Woodlawn
Population	40,670	40,476
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,082	$78,591
Median home value	$253,500	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,307	$1,440
Housing units	17,142	15,998
Homeownership rate	57.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Woodlawn
Population	39,437 → 40,670 (+3.1%)	40,469 → 40,476 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$57,780 → $67,082 (+16.1%)	$68,623 → $78,591 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,500 (+32.4%)	$219,000 → $269,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,307 (+20.3%)	$1,300 → $1,440 (+10.8%)

Essex

Population

39,43740,670

Median household income

$57,780$67,082

Median home value

$191,400$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,307

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)

	Essex	Woodlawn
Under 5	5.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.4%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	19.7%
Black or African American	33.1%	49.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	14.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Woodlawn
Drove alone	71.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.1%
Public transit	6.3%	3.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.6%	14.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	38.9%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	34.9%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	17.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	12.7%	13.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1964	1969