Rossville vs White Marsh

A side-by-side comparison of Rossville and White Marsh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rossville has the higher population (15,088 vs 10,480 in White Marsh). White Marsh has the higher median household income ($123,302 vs $91,469 in Rossville). White Marsh has the higher median home value ($370,100 vs $296,600 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	White Marsh
Population	15,088	10,480
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,469	$123,302
Median home value	$296,600	$370,100
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,847
Housing units	6,913	4,253
Homeownership rate	50.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	White Marsh
Population	15,127 → 15,088 (-0.3%)	9,216 → 10,480 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$66,522 → $91,469 (+37.5%)	$92,420 → $123,302 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$221,400 → $296,600 (+34.0%)	$282,100 → $370,100 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,465 (+18.8%)	$1,414 → $1,847 (+30.6%)

Rossville

Population

15,12715,088

Median household income

$66,522$91,469

Median home value

$221,400$296,600

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,465

White Marsh

Population

9,21610,480

Median household income

$92,420$123,302

Median home value

$282,100$370,100

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rossville	White Marsh
Under 5	3.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	19.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	18.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.5%
75 and over	5.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	White Marsh
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	59.4%
Black or African American	44.3%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	8.5%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	White Marsh
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	White Marsh
Drove alone	67.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.8%
Public transit	3.7%	1.7%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	20.2%
Other means	6.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	White Marsh
1-unit, detached	28.5%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	39.8%	17.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	White Marsh
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1990	1985