Lanham vs Rosaryville

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

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

Rosaryville has the higher population (12,206 vs 11,956 in Lanham). Rosaryville has the higher median household income ($148,558 vs $95,488 in Lanham). Rosaryville has the higher median home value ($457,600 vs $413,800 in Lanham).

Population, income & housing

	Lanham	Rosaryville
Population	11,956	12,206
Median age	40.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,488	$148,558
Median home value	$413,800	$457,600
Median gross rent	$2,132	$2,542
Housing units	3,469	3,952
Homeownership rate	76.8%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanham	Rosaryville
Population	11,120 → 11,956 (+7.5%)	10,501 → 12,206 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$85,577 → $95,488 (+11.6%)	$127,721 → $148,558 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$306,800 → $413,800 (+34.9%)	$332,800 → $457,600 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $2,132 (+38.6%)	$2,446 → $2,542 (+3.9%)

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

Rosaryville

Population

10,50112,206

Median household income

$127,721$148,558

Median home value

$332,800$457,600

Median gross rent

$2,446$2,542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanham	Rosaryville
Under 5	4.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.6%
75 and over	6.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanham	Rosaryville
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	4.2%
Black or African American	53.7%	79.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanham	Rosaryville
No high school diploma	20.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanham	Rosaryville
Drove alone	65.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.2%
Public transit	3.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	17.0%
Other means	4.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanham	Rosaryville
1-unit, detached	91.3%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lanham	Rosaryville
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.8%
Average household size	3.65	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	33	42
Median year structure built	1969	1994