Riverdale Park vs Woodlawn

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

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

Riverdale Park has the higher population (7,249 vs 7,221 in Woodlawn). Riverdale Park has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $90,565 in Woodlawn). Riverdale Park has the higher median home value ($447,000 vs $346,200 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
Population	7,249	7,221
Median age	38.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$90,565
Median home value	$447,000	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,668	$1,651
Housing units	2,385	2,100
Homeownership rate	49.5%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
Population	7,198 → 7,249 (+0.7%)	6,692 → 7,221 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$79,219 → $104,583 (+32.0%)	$78,500 → $90,565 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$328,600 → $447,000 (+36.0%)	$243,500 → $346,200 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,668 (+36.3%)	$1,437 → $1,651 (+14.9%)

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

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)

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
Under 5	4.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.9%
75 and over	3.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	17.4%	5.7%
Black or African American	21.9%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	52.0%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	27.9%	26.9%
High school graduate	20.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
Drove alone	50.4%	63.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	23.2%
Public transit	6.8%	5.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	3.8%
Other means	6.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	50.1%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	24.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale Park	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	13.7%	4.7%
Average household size	3.11	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1957	1959