Moving to Mount Rainier, Maryland
Population: 8,498. Estimated population in July 2024: 8,751 (+3.0% change)
Males: 4,146 (48.8%), Females: 4,352 (51.2%)
Prince George’s County
Zip code: 20712
Demographics
Median resident age: 31.9 years
Median household income: $35,920
Median house value: $111,200
Population by Race
Races in Mount Rainier:
- Black (62.1%)
- Hispanic (18.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (15.5%)
- Other race (10.6%)
- Two or more races (4.4%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Filipino (0.8%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Subsaharan African (7.4%), West Indian (7.2%), German (4.2%), Irish (3.4%), United States (2.5%), English (2.0%).
Elevation: 130 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Mount Rainier
- High school or higher: 72.7%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 18.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.1%
- Unemployed: 7.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 35.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Mount Rainier city
- Never married: 44.1%
- Now married: 33.5%
- Separated: 6.6%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 9.3%
27.6% Foreign born (18.7% Latin America, 4.9% Africa, 2.9% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +418 (+5.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Rainier:
- PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; WASHINGTON, DC)
- MEDLINK HOSPITAL OF CAPITOL HILL (about 4 miles; WASHINGTON, DC)
- WASHINGTON ADVENTIST HOSP (about 4 miles; TAKOMA PARK, MD)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mount Rainier:
- RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL (about 8 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Abbreviation: DCA)
- ANDREWS AFB (about 12 miles; CAMP SPRINGS, MD; Abbreviation: ADW)
- BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTL (about 26 miles; BALTIMORE, MD; Abbreviation: BWI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Rainier:
- COLLEGE PARK (about 4 miles; COLLEGE PARK, MD; Abbreviation: CGS)
- SOUTH CAPITOL STREET (about 6 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Abbreviation: 09W)
- SUBURBAN (about 14 miles; LAUREL, MD; Abbreviation: W18)
Amtrak stations near Mount Rainier:
- 5 miles: WASHINGTON (50 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. N.E.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities and snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 7 miles: NEW CARROLLTON (4300 GARDEN CITY DR.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 12 miles: ALEXANDRIA (110 CALLAHAN DR.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, ATM, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mount Rainier:
- CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (about 3 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Full-time enrollment: 4,472)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; Adelphi, MD; Full-time enrollment: 8,434)
- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Full-time enrollment: 11,674)
- HOWARD UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Full-time enrollment: 9,297)
- GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Full-time enrollment: 16,045)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (about 7 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Full-time enrollment: 3,223)
- AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; Full-time enrollment: 8,859)