Mount Rainier vs Riverdale Park

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Rainier and Riverdale Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Rainier has the higher population (8,235 vs 7,249 in Riverdale Park). Riverdale Park has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $68,281 in Mount Rainier). Mount Rainier has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $447,000 in Riverdale Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
Population	8,235	7,249
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,281	$104,583
Median home value	$522,100	$447,000
Median gross rent	$1,434	$1,668
Housing units	3,869	2,385
Homeownership rate	24.3%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
Population	8,107 → 8,235 (+1.6%)	7,198 → 7,249 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$55,768 → $68,281 (+22.4%)	$79,219 → $104,583 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$354,400 → $522,100 (+47.3%)	$328,600 → $447,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,245 → $1,434 (+15.2%)	$1,224 → $1,668 (+36.3%)

Mount Rainier

Population

8,1078,235

Median household income

$55,768$68,281

Median home value

$354,400$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,245$1,434

Riverdale Park

Population

7,1987,249

Median household income

$79,219$104,583

Median home value

$328,600$447,000

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	20.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.5%
75 and over	3.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	17.4%
Black or African American	45.3%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
No high school diploma	15.7%	27.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
Drove alone	55.7%	50.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.5%
Public transit	18.4%	6.8%
Walked	2.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.1%
Worked from home	16.8%	21.1%
Other means	1.6%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
1-unit, detached	28.7%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	44.5%	17.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	24.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Rainier	Riverdale Park
Poverty rate	6.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.19	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1952	1957