Finzel vs Mountain Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Finzel and Mountain Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Finzel and Mountain Lake Park are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain Lake Park has the higher population (2,033 vs 871 in Finzel). Finzel has the higher median household income ($112,868 vs $58,418 in Mountain Lake Park). Finzel has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $199,200 in Mountain Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
Population	871	2,033
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,868	$58,418
Median home value	$236,800	$199,200
Median gross rent	—	$720
Housing units	299	1,121
Homeownership rate	91.3%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
Population	767 → 871 (+13.6%)	2,184 → 2,033 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$75,179 → $112,868 (+50.1%)	$41,974 → $58,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$186,700 → $236,800 (+26.8%)	$142,100 → $199,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$554 → $720 (+30.0%)

Finzel

Population

767871

Median household income

$75,179$112,868

Median home value

$186,700$236,800

Mountain Lake Park

Population

2,1842,033

Median household income

$41,974$58,418

Median home value

$142,100$199,200

Median gross rent

$554$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
Under 5	9.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	6.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	19.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	23.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	14.7%
75 and over	2.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
No high school diploma	29.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	33.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
Drove alone	72.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
1-unit, detached	81.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Finzel	Mountain Lake Park
Poverty rate	12.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.91	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	36	21
Median year structure built	1977	1979