Lanham vs Mitchellville

A side-by-side comparison of Lanham and Mitchellville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lanham has the higher population (11,956 vs 11,325 in Mitchellville). Mitchellville has the higher median household income ($152,795 vs $95,488 in Lanham). Mitchellville has the higher median home value ($490,400 vs $413,800 in Lanham).

Population, income & housing

	Lanham	Mitchellville
Population	11,956	11,325
Median age	40.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,488	$152,795
Median home value	$413,800	$490,400
Median gross rent	$2,132	$2,372
Housing units	3,469	4,193
Homeownership rate	76.8%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanham	Mitchellville
Population	11,120 → 11,956 (+7.5%)	11,547 → 11,325 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$85,577 → $95,488 (+11.6%)	$125,625 → $152,795 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$306,800 → $413,800 (+34.9%)	$354,300 → $490,400 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $2,132 (+38.6%)	$2,175 → $2,372 (+9.1%)

Lanham

Population

11,12011,956

Median household income

$85,577$95,488

Median home value

$306,800$413,800

Median gross rent

$1,538$2,132

Mitchellville

Population

11,54711,325

Median household income

$125,625$152,795

Median home value

$354,300$490,400

Median gross rent

$2,175$2,372

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanham	Mitchellville
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.5%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanham	Mitchellville
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	4.5%
Black or African American	53.7%	85.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanham	Mitchellville
No high school diploma	20.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanham	Mitchellville
Drove alone	65.5%	63.9%
Carpooled	14.5%	7.9%
Public transit	3.9%	6.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	18.1%
Other means	4.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanham	Mitchellville
1-unit, detached	91.3%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lanham	Mitchellville
Poverty rate	8.6%	2.4%
Average household size	3.65	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1969	1989