Mount Rainier is a somewhat small city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 8,126 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mount Rainier is the 91st largest community in Maryland. Mount Rainier has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Mount Rainier home prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, but Mount Rainier real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Of important note, Mount Rainier is also a city of artists. Mount Rainier has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mount Rainier’s character.
Also of interest is that Mount Rainier has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In Mount Rainier, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.29 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the city is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Despite being a small city, Mount Rainier has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The population of Mount Rainier is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.66% of adults in Mount Rainier have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Rainier in 2022 was $39,471, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,884 for a family of four. However, Mount Rainier contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Rainier is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Rainier home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Rainier residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Mount Rainier also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Rainier include English, African, Irish, German, and Swedish.
Mount Rainier also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.84%.
The most common language spoken in Mount Rainier is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.