Demographics of Mount Rainier city, Maryland

Mount Rainier city, Maryland had 8,307 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Mount Rainier city, in four figures

8,307
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 8,245 ±41.; < +0.1%
Change since July 2020: +2 people.; 40.1 ±3.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $68,505 ±$4,516
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Mount Rainier city, Maryland's population grew < 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Mount Rainier city, Maryland's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Mount Rainier city, Maryland's population grew < 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Mount Rainier city, Maryland's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	8,305	100.0	100.0
2021	8,225	99.0	100.2
2022	8,176	98.4	100.7
2023	8,193	98.7	101.6
2024	8,267	99.5	102.5
2025	8,307	100.0	103.1

Population of Mount Rainier city, Maryland on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	8,305	—
2021	8,225	−80
2022	8,176	−49
2023	8,193	+17
2024	8,267	+74
2025	8,307	+40

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.1 ±3.6: for men 41.5 ±1.8 and for women 36.7 ±3.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Mount Rainier city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Maryland	United States
Under 5	500 ±169	6.1% ±2.0	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,417 ±363	17.2% ±4.4	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	204 to 602	2.5% to 7.3%	8.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,743 ±429	33.3% ±5.2	26.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,901 ±416	23.1% ±5.0	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,281 ±339	15.5% ±4.1	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $68,505 ±$4,516, and income per person $40,539 ±$4,100, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,678 ±$597 in Maryland and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Mount Rainier city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Maryland	United States
Under $25,000	451 ±174	11.5% ±4.3	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	584 ±232	14.8% ±5.7	12.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,315 ±381	33.4% ±9.0	12.8% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	628 ±259	16.0% ±6.4	11.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	479 ±181	12.2% ±4.4	18.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	191 ±83	4.9% ±2.0	12.5% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	286 ±74	7.3% ±1.7	20.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Mount Rainier city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Maryland	United States
All ages	514 ±216	6.3% ±2.6	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	12 to 178	0.7% to 9.4%	11.5% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	266 ±128	6.0% ±2.8	8.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	72 to 234	8.0% ±3.9	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Mount Rainier city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mount Rainier city	Maryland	United States
Housing units	4,034 ±416	2,560,784 ±424	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	97.5% ±1.3	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	1.0% to 4.0%	7.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	23.5% ±3.9	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	76.5% ±5.2	32.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$529,600 ±$44,325	$419,900 ±$1,385	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,457 ±$63	$1,705 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1958 ±6	1979 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Mount Rainier city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Maryland	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,861 ±599	34.7% ±7.3	12.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	1,514 ±429	18.4% ±5.2	46.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,560 ±687	43.2% ±8.3	28.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	46 to 152	0.6% to 1.8%	6.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 76	0% to 0.9%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	80 to 284	1.0% to 3.4%	4.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Mount Rainier city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Maryland	United States
Born in the state	1,432 ±473	17.4% ±5.7	46.8% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,146 ±492	50.3% ±6.0	34.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	37 to 419	0.4% to 5.1%	1.8% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,439 ±385	29.6% ±4.7	16.6% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,091 ±277	13.2% ±3.4	9.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,348 ±366	16.3% ±4.4	7.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Mount Rainier city among the places of Maryland

157th of 203 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Maryland page.

Places of Maryland near Mount Rainier city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Leisure World CDP	8,882 ±765
Stevensville CDP	8,802 ±937
Mayo CDP	8,694 ±986
Edgewater CDP	8,519 ±806
Brunswick city	8,450 ±48
Mount Rainier city	8,245 ±41
Savage CDP	8,239 ±1,207
Baltimore Highlands CDP	8,206 ±1,205
Four Corners CDP	8,150 ±915
South Kensington CDP	8,148 ±775
Robinwood CDP	8,042 ±1,201

Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Places in Maryland by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 18 Places in Maryland by median age
No. 19 Places in Maryland by foreign-born share
No. 30 Places in Maryland by median home value
No. 35 Places in Maryland by poverty rate
No. 115 Places in Maryland by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026