Redland vs Takoma Park

A side-by-side comparison of Redland and Takoma Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redland has the higher population (18,976 vs 17,522 in Takoma Park). Redland has the higher median household income ($123,587 vs $97,872 in Takoma Park). Takoma Park has the higher median home value ($721,500 vs $519,600 in Redland).

Population, income & housing

	Redland	Takoma Park
Population	18,976	17,522
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$123,587	$97,872
Median home value	$519,600	$721,500
Median gross rent	$2,145	$1,388
Housing units	6,021	7,086
Homeownership rate	76.9%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redland	Takoma Park
Population	17,414 → 18,976 (+9.0%)	17,672 → 17,522 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$117,944 → $123,587 (+4.8%)	$84,591 → $97,872 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$418,500 → $519,600 (+24.2%)	$583,800 → $721,500 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,736 → $2,145 (+23.6%)	$1,143 → $1,388 (+21.4%)

Redland

Population

17,41418,976

Median household income

$117,944$123,587

Median home value

$418,500$519,600

Median gross rent

$1,736$2,145

Takoma Park

Population

17,67217,522

Median household income

$84,591$97,872

Median home value

$583,800$721,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Redland	Takoma Park
Under 5	5.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redland	Takoma Park
White (non-Hispanic)	28.5%	42.5%
Black or African American	13.3%	32.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	17.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.5%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redland	Takoma Park
No high school diploma	12.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	16.0%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redland	Takoma Park
Drove alone	59.1%	43.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.6%
Public transit	8.7%	13.3%
Walked	0.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	30.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redland	Takoma Park
1-unit, detached	56.5%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	26.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	16.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	28.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Redland	Takoma Park
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.1%
Average household size	3.21	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1980	1954