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Fairlee, MD

299 Population
3.8 square miles 78.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±16.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kent County: 48.6 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,461 ±$9,877 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Kent County: $47,492 ±$2,725
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

58.9% ±27.2% (176  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Kent County: 9.7% † 1,730 (±2% / ±359)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.9 minutes ±26 (2,835  ±2,893) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kent County: 25.4 211,520 (±1.7 / ±17,883)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

118 ±68 Number of households
  • Kent County: 8,493 ±262
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±2 (299  ±159) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.1 17,754 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

118 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 10,363 ±62
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$270,600 ±$87,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $330,900 ±$14,244
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±10.4% (15  ±32.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Kent County: 14.5% † 2,779 (±2.5% / ±468.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±74.1% (199  ±99) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 92.9% 12,985 (±4.8% / ±684.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.4% ±17.8% (11  ±36.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 5,535 (±3.3% / ±468.2)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

8.8% ±9% (18  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 7.2% † 1,169 (±1.3% / ±206)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
18 Total veterans ±21 12 Male ±19 6 Female ±11

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