Mount Rainier

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Mount Rainier

Total population

8,245

Median home value

$529,600

37.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$68,505

Mount Rainier$69k

National$74k

Weather66°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates38.94°, -76.96°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mount Rainier is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, bordering Washington, D.C. The population was 8,333 at the 2020 census. Mount Rainier is contained between the Northwest Branch Anacostia River, Cedar Lane Alley, and 34th Street to the north, 37th Street and 37th Place to the northeast, Upshur Street and Queens Chapel Road to the west, the CSX Capital Subdivision train tracks to the east, and Eastern Avenue NE to the south. Mount Rainier got its start as a streetcar suburb, when tracks were laid for the 82 Streetcar Line. According to local tradition, surveyors from the Pacific Northwest named the town, giving the streets names such as Shasta and Cascade. Historic U.S. 1 runs through the center of the town and serves as the main street and central business district.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Mount Rainier, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mount Rainier

City of Mt. Rainier, Maryland

William George · 1985

Mount Rainier

Bryan Knedler · 2016

The fiscal impact of annexation on the City of Mount Rainier

Jeanne E. Bilanin · 1996

Fifty years of progress in the city of Mt. Rainier, incorporated April 14, 1910, Prince Georges County, Maryland

1960

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

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DeKay's Brownsnake

Storeria dekayi

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Spitting Spider

Scytodes thoracica

Seen 2026-09-24

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Seen 2026-09-24

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Seen 2026-09-24

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Everes comyntas

Seen 2026-09-24

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).