Mount Rainier vs Woodlawn

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

Mount Rainier and Woodlawn 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 7,221 in Woodlawn). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($90,565 vs $68,281 in Mount Rainier). Mount Rainier has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $346,200 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
Population	8,235	7,221
Median age	40.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,281	$90,565
Median home value	$522,100	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,434	$1,651
Housing units	3,869	2,100
Homeownership rate	24.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
Population	8,107 → 8,235 (+1.6%)	6,692 → 7,221 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$55,768 → $68,281 (+22.4%)	$78,500 → $90,565 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$354,400 → $522,100 (+47.3%)	$243,500 → $346,200 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,245 → $1,434 (+15.2%)	$1,437 → $1,651 (+14.9%)

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

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)

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
Under 5	6.3%	11.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	20.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.9%
75 and over	3.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	5.7%
Black or African American	45.3%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	15.7%	26.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
Drove alone	55.7%	63.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	23.2%
Public transit	18.4%	5.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.6%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	28.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	44.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Rainier	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.19	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1952	1959