Mountain Lake Park vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (2,043 vs 2,033 in Mountain Lake Park). Oakland has the higher median household income ($59,904 vs $58,418 in Mountain Lake Park). Oakland has the higher median home value ($247,100 vs $199,200 in Mountain Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
Population	2,033	2,043
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,418	$59,904
Median home value	$199,200	$247,100
Median gross rent	$720	$631
Housing units	1,121	1,238
Homeownership rate	63.4%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
Population	2,184 → 2,033 (-6.9%)	1,745 → 2,043 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$41,974 → $58,418 (+39.2%)	$38,438 → $59,904 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$142,100 → $199,200 (+40.2%)	$157,700 → $247,100 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $720 (+30.0%)	$619 → $631 (+1.9%)

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

Oakland

Population

1,7452,043

Median household income

$38,438$59,904

Median home value

$157,700$247,100

Median gross rent

$619$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	14.6%
75 and over	10.1%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
No high school diploma	8.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
Drove alone	78.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.6%
Public transit	2.2%	1.2%
Walked	2.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
1-unit, detached	74.4%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Lake Park	Oakland
Poverty rate	15.2%	14.2%
Average household size	1.95	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	12
Median year structure built	1979	1964