Towson vs Woodlawn

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

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

Towson has the higher population (57,683 vs 40,476 in Woodlawn). Towson has the higher median household income ($100,481 vs $78,591 in Woodlawn). Towson has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $269,800 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Towson	Woodlawn
Population	57,683	40,476
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,481	$78,591
Median home value	$445,100	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,440
Housing units	24,304	15,998
Homeownership rate	56.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Towson	Woodlawn
Population	57,817 → 57,683 (-0.2%)	40,469 → 40,476 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$88,786 → $100,481 (+13.2%)	$68,623 → $78,591 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$363,800 → $445,100 (+22.3%)	$219,000 → $269,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,784 (+24.1%)	$1,300 → $1,440 (+10.8%)

Towson

Population

57,81757,683

Median household income

$88,786$100,481

Median home value

$363,800$445,100

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,784

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)

	Towson	Woodlawn
Under 5	4.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	21.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.4%
75 and over	9.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Towson	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	19.7%
Black or African American	15.7%	49.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.0%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Towson	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	9.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Towson	Woodlawn
Drove alone	64.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.1%
Public transit	2.0%	3.5%
Walked	4.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.8%	14.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Towson	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	33.4%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	17.7%
20 or more units	21.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Towson	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	12.7%	13.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1965	1969