Lanham vs Westphalia

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

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

Westphalia has the higher population (12,020 vs 11,956 in Lanham). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($158,055 vs $95,488 in Lanham). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($478,200 vs $413,800 in Lanham).

Population, income & housing

	Lanham	Westphalia
Population	11,956	12,020
Median age	40.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,488	$158,055
Median home value	$413,800	$478,200
Median gross rent	$2,132	$1,947
Housing units	3,469	4,654
Homeownership rate	76.8%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanham	Westphalia
Population	11,120 → 11,956 (+7.5%)	9,944 → 12,020 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$85,577 → $95,488 (+11.6%)	$123,077 → $158,055 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$306,800 → $413,800 (+34.9%)	$360,400 → $478,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $2,132 (+38.6%)	$1,734 → $1,947 (+12.3%)

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

Westphalia

Population

9,94412,020

Median household income

$123,077$158,055

Median home value

$360,400$478,200

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanham	Westphalia
Under 5	4.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	18.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.6%
75 and over	6.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanham	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	10.5%
Black or African American	53.7%	77.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanham	Westphalia
No high school diploma	20.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanham	Westphalia
Drove alone	65.5%	60.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.0%
Public transit	3.9%	4.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	24.9%
Other means	4.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanham	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	91.3%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lanham	Westphalia
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.0%
Average household size	3.65	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1969	2011