Marlow Heights vs Woodlawn

A side-by-side comparison of Marlow Heights and Woodlawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodlawn has the higher population (7,221 vs 6,144 in Marlow Heights). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($90,565 vs $58,268 in Marlow Heights). Marlow Heights has the higher median home value ($366,700 vs $346,200 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
Population	6,144	7,221
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,268	$90,565
Median home value	$366,700	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,651
Housing units	2,826	2,100
Homeownership rate	45.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
Population	5,872 → 6,144 (+4.6%)	6,692 → 7,221 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$68,702 → $58,268 (-15.2%)	$78,500 → $90,565 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$275,300 → $366,700 (+33.2%)	$243,500 → $346,200 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,638 (+21.8%)	$1,437 → $1,651 (+14.9%)

Marlow Heights

Population

5,8726,144

Median household income

$68,702$58,268

Median home value

$275,300$366,700

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,638

Woodlawn

Population

6,6927,221

Median household income

$78,500$90,565

Median home value

$243,500$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,437$1,651

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
Under 5	4.9%	11.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.9%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	5.7%
Black or African American	84.0%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	12.8%	26.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
Drove alone	62.4%	63.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	23.2%
Public transit	21.9%	5.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.8%
Other means	2.2%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	42.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	15.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Marlow Heights	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	24.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.24	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1972	1959