Pikesville vs Woodlawn

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

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

Woodlawn has the higher population (40,476 vs 34,253 in Pikesville). Pikesville has the higher median household income ($97,218 vs $78,591 in Woodlawn). Pikesville has the higher median home value ($404,100 vs $269,800 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
Population	34,253	40,476
Median age	41.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,218	$78,591
Median home value	$404,100	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,440
Housing units	14,364	15,998
Homeownership rate	69.4%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
Population	33,486 → 34,253 (+2.3%)	40,469 → 40,476 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$86,655 → $97,218 (+12.2%)	$68,623 → $78,591 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$319,900 → $404,100 (+26.3%)	$219,000 → $269,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,435 → $1,646 (+14.7%)	$1,300 → $1,440 (+10.8%)

Pikesville

Population

33,48634,253

Median household income

$86,655$97,218

Median home value

$319,900$404,100

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,646

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)

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
Under 5	6.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.4%
75 and over	11.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	19.7%
Black or African American	17.0%	49.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	12.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
Drove alone	64.3%	71.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.1%
Public transit	2.3%	3.5%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.5%	14.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	38.9%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	25.9%	17.7%
20 or more units	16.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pikesville	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	7.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1974	1969