Mount Rainier, MD (Maryland) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 8,322 (All urban)

Mount Rainier, Maryland Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 3,736 (3,463 occupied: 941 owner occupied, 2,522 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	73%
State:	32%

Housing density: 5732 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $342,460.

Median contract rent in 2007: $844 (lower quartile is $774, upper quartile is $984)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $880

Median gross rent in Mount Rainier, MD in 2007: $907

Housing units in Mount Rainier with a mortgage: 692 (117 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123

Mount Rainier,MD index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $278,103 (it was $112,700 in 2000)

Mount Rainier:	$278,103
Maryland:	$347,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $217,531 - $327,600

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $279,254
Here: $279,254
State: $459,189

Townhouses or other attached units: $285,426
Here: $285,426
State: $274,414

In 2-unit structures: $175,283
Here: $175,283
State: $238,436

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $311,467
Here: $311,467
State: $273,938

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $319,428
Here: $319,428
State: $280,693

Mobile homes: $32,500
Here: $32,500
State: $45,619

Household type by relationship

Households: 8,454

In family households: 6,539 (1,041 male householders, 873 female householders)
925 spouses, 2,653 children (2,456 natural, 84 adopted, 113 stepchildren), 227 grandchildren, 219 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 276 other relatives, 274 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,915 (700 male householders (551 living alone)), 868 female householders (722 living alone)), 347 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 636 2-persons, 465 3-persons, 407 4-persons, 210 5-persons, 117 6-persons, 79 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,273 1-person, 258 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 5 4-persons.

917 married couples with children.
858 single-parent households (180 men, 678 women).

70.3% of residents of Mount Rainier speak English at home.
18.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
5.4% of residents speak other language at home (48% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 2,348 (27.7%)
(27.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.2
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mount Rainier, Maryland:
	1 room: 12 2 rooms: 12 3 rooms: 100 4 rooms: 68 5 rooms: 129 6 rooms: 161 7 rooms: 226 8 rooms: 97 9 or more rooms: 136

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Rainier, Maryland:
	1 room: 298 2 rooms: 503 3 rooms: 670 4 rooms: 693 5 rooms: 282 6 rooms: 24 7 rooms: 26 8 rooms: 13 9 or more rooms: 13

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4
1995 to 1998: 52
1990 to 1994: 104
1980 to 1989: 151
1970 to 1979: 332
1960 to 1969: 593
1950 to 1959: 833
1940 to 1949: 760
1939 or earlier: 907

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mount Rainier:
	no bedroom: 22 1 bedroom: 84 2 bedrooms: 178 3 bedrooms: 393 4 bedrooms: 173 5 or more bedrooms: 91

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Rainier:
	no bedroom: 417 1 bedroom: 1,212 2 bedrooms: 811 3 bedrooms: 48 4 bedrooms: 18 5 or more bedrooms: 16

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Rainier in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 106 1 vehicle: 373 2 vehicles: 351 3 vehicles: 83 4 vehicles: 28 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Rainier in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 839 1 vehicle: 1,315 2 vehicles: 264 3 vehicles: 66 4 vehicles: 29 5 or more vehicles: 9

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Mount Rainier, MD:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 4
$80,000 to $89,999: 5
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 1
$125,000 to $149,999: 23
$150,000 to $174,999: 25
$175,000 to $199,999: 17
$200,000 to $249,999: 210
$250,000 to $299,999: 312
$300,000 to $399,999: 286
$400,000 to $499,999: 38
$500,000 to $749,999: 0
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Mount Rainier rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Mount Rainier:

Less than $100: 10 people
$100 to $149: 4
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 4
$300 to $349: 6
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 0
$450 to $499: 4
$500 to $549: 9
$550 to $599: 12
$600 to $649: 44
$650 to $699: 106
$700 to $749: 210
$750 to $799: 432
$800 to $899: 797
$900 to $999: 501
$1,000 to $1,249: 270
$1,250 to $1,499: 13
$1,500 to $1,999: 2
$2,000 or more: 16
No cash rent: 31

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 782 1990 to 1994: 421 1985 to 1989: 552 1980 to 1984: 238 1975 to 1979: 96 1970 to 1974: 105 1970 to 1974: 45 1965 to 1969: 109

Mount Rainier, MD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 24.5%
Number of people working at home: 17 (0.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 50
5 to 9 minutes: 182
10 to 14 minutes: 284
15 to 19 minutes: 321
20 to 24 minutes: 426
25 to 29 minutes: 325
30 to 34 minutes: 1032
35 to 39 minutes: 158
40 to 44 minutes: 170
45 to 59 minutes: 588
60 to 89 minutes: 363
90 or more minutes: 210

Mount Rainier mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,056 (50%)
Carpooled: 556 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 622 (15%)
Subway or elevated: 611 (15%)
Taxi: 22 (1%)
Bicycle: 22 (1%)
Walked: 205 (5%)
Other means: 15 (0%)
Worked at home: 17 (0%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 326
$10,000 to $14,999: 203
$15,000 to $19,999: 310
$20,000 to $24,999: 188
$25,000 to $29,999: 416
$30,000 to $34,999: 234
$35,000 to $39,999: 326
$40,000 to $44,999: 255
$45,000 to $49,999: 237
$50,000 to $59,999: 282
$60,000 to $74,999: 301
$75,000 to $99,999: 204
$100,000 to $124,999: 125
$125,000 to $149,999: 38
$150,000 to $199,999: 23
$200,000 or more: 14

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 4570

Subsaharan African:: 619

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 534

African: 294

Jamaican: 254

Irish: 225

United States or American: 213

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 163

German: 159

English: 114

Other Subsaharan African: 101

Ethiopian: 96

Nigerian: 89

Swiss: 69

Guyanese: 65

Russian: 50

British West Indian: 46

Italian: 46

Polish: 45

Haitian: 41

Swedish: 35

Scotch-Irish: 33

Dutch: 33

Arab:: 29

Scottish: 27

Ghanian: 25

British: 22

U.S. Virgin Islander: 21

Hungarian: 20

Norwegian: 20

Northern European: 19

French (except Basque): 13

Sudanese: 11

Ukrainian: 11

Iraqi: 11

Other Arab: 9

Lebanese: 9

Welsh: 7

Scandinavian: 6

Eastern European: 5

West Indian: 5

Austrian: 5

Bahamian: 4

Ugandan: 3

European: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

El Salvador (26%)
Jamaica (12%)
Trinidad and Tobago (8%)
Other Eastern Africa (6%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Mexico (5%)
Africa, n.e.c. (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1286
Northeast: 670
Midwest: 192
South: 3432
West: 363

49% of Mount Rainier residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Maryland.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 68
Nursery to 4th grade: 59
5th and 6th grade: 57
7th and 8th grade: 77
9th grade: 113
10th grade: 121
11th grade: 69
12th grade, no diploma: 147
High school graduate (or equivalency): 729
Less than 1 year of college: 124
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 394
Associate degree: 134
Bachelor's degree: 167
Master's degree: 178
Professional school degree: 24
Doctorate degree: 48

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 60
Nursery to 4th grade: 26
5th and 6th grade: 121
7th and 8th grade: 86
9th grade: 97
10th grade: 107
11th grade: 83
12th grade, no diploma: 165
High school graduate (or equivalency): 796
Less than 1 year of college: 235
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 340
Associate degree: 112
Bachelor's degree: 354
Master's degree: 174
Professional school degree: 28
Doctorate degree: 34

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 28.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 6.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $47,994
Black householders: $42,371
Asian householders: $55,364
Some other race householders: $43,908
Two or more races householders: $67,604
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $48,468

Mount Rainier household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Mount Rainier household income for Black householders

Mount Rainier household income for Asian householders

Mount Rainier household income for Some other race householders

Mount Rainier household income for Two or more races householders

Mount Rainier household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Mount Rainier marital status for males

Mount Rainier marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $280,077
Black or African American householders: $275,388
Asian householders: $363,236
Some other race householders: $211,970
Two or more races householders: $291,921
Hispanic or Latino householders: $240,594

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,041
One, attached: 35
Two: 56
3 or 4: 472
5 to 9: 1,551
10 to 19: 208
20 to 49: 90
50 or more: 245
Mobile homes: 38

Median worth of mobile homes: $58,135

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Mount Rainier:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (89%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%) Electricity (2%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (64%) Electricity (21%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%) No fuel used (3%) Other fuel (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 102

Here:	11.7%
Maryland:	14.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 77

Here:	12.6%
Maryland:	13.3%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 183

Here:	36.0%
Maryland:	21.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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