National Harbor vs Woodmore

A side-by-side comparison of National Harbor and Woodmore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodmore has the higher population (4,710 vs 4,418 in National Harbor). Woodmore has the higher median household income ($186,713 vs $133,616 in National Harbor). Woodmore has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $462,000 in National Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	National Harbor	Woodmore
Population	4,418	4,710
Median age	49.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,616	$186,713
Median home value	$462,000	$561,700
Median gross rent	$2,293	$3,501
Housing units	2,583	1,794
Homeownership rate	54.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National Harbor	Woodmore
Population	4,296 → 4,418 (+2.8%)	4,608 → 4,710 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$89,838 → $133,616 (+48.7%)	$153,167 → $186,713 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $462,000 (+29.1%)	$431,600 → $561,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $2,293 (+69.6%)	$2,627 → $3,501 (+33.3%)

National Harbor

Population

4,2964,418

Median household income

$89,838$133,616

Median home value

$358,000$462,000

Median gross rent

$1,352$2,293

Woodmore

Population

4,6084,710

Median household income

$153,167$186,713

Median home value

$431,600$561,700

Median gross rent

$2,627$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	National Harbor	Woodmore
Under 5	2.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	2.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.4%
75 and over	5.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National Harbor	Woodmore
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	8.4%
Black or African American	48.4%	82.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National Harbor	Woodmore
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	17.6%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National Harbor	Woodmore
Drove alone	65.2%	62.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.9%
Public transit	6.8%	9.2%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	23.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National Harbor	Woodmore
1-unit, detached	22.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	46.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	National Harbor	Woodmore
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.5%
Average household size	1.82	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	36	39
Median year structure built	2002	1991