Takoma Park vs White Oak

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

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

Takoma Park has the higher population (17,522 vs 16,458 in White Oak). Takoma Park has the higher median household income ($97,872 vs $80,118 in White Oak). Takoma Park has the higher median home value ($721,500 vs $520,200 in White Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Takoma Park	White Oak
Population	17,522	16,458
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,872	$80,118
Median home value	$721,500	$520,200
Median gross rent	$1,388	$1,784
Housing units	7,086	6,397
Homeownership rate	51.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Takoma Park	White Oak
Population	17,672 → 17,522 (-0.8%)	19,020 → 16,458 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$84,591 → $97,872 (+15.7%)	$73,877 → $80,118 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$583,800 → $721,500 (+23.6%)	$401,800 → $520,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,388 (+21.4%)	$1,682 → $1,784 (+6.1%)

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

White Oak

Population

19,02016,458

Median household income

$73,877$80,118

Median home value

$401,800$520,200

Median gross rent

$1,682$1,784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Takoma Park	White Oak
Under 5	7.8%	9.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.4%
75 and over	5.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Takoma Park	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	9.4%
Black or African American	32.5%	61.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	4.5%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Takoma Park	White Oak
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	37.4%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Takoma Park	White Oak
Drove alone	43.5%	61.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.3%
Public transit	13.3%	11.7%
Walked	5.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.7%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Takoma Park	White Oak
1-unit, detached	47.3%	15.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	35.5%
20 or more units	28.5%	31.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Takoma Park	White Oak
Poverty rate	10.1%	17.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1954	1975