Mount Rainier vs Temple Hills

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

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

Temple Hills has the higher population (8,740 vs 8,235 in Mount Rainier). Temple Hills has the higher median household income ($70,097 vs $68,281 in Mount Rainier). Mount Rainier has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $340,800 in Temple Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
Population	8,235	8,740
Median age	40.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,281	$70,097
Median home value	$522,100	$340,800
Median gross rent	$1,434	$1,743
Housing units	3,869	4,120
Homeownership rate	24.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
Population	8,107 → 8,235 (+1.6%)	7,926 → 8,740 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$55,768 → $68,281 (+22.4%)	$65,821 → $70,097 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$354,400 → $522,100 (+47.3%)	$261,600 → $340,800 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,245 → $1,434 (+15.2%)	$1,420 → $1,743 (+22.7%)

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

Temple Hills

Population

7,9268,740

Median household income

$65,821$70,097

Median home value

$261,600$340,800

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	20.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.2%
75 and over	3.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	2.8%
Black or African American	45.3%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
No high school diploma	15.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
Drove alone	55.7%	63.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.6%
Public transit	18.4%	11.7%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	15.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
1-unit, detached	28.7%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	44.5%	50.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Rainier	Temple Hills
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1952	1973