Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Fairwood, MD

8,108 Population
3.4 square miles 2,376.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$70,409 ±$9,104 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $62,026 ±$306
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$191,319 ±$35,491 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $123,896 ±$689
  • nearly double the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

3.3% ±2.8% (246  ±212) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 484,187 (±0.2% / ±11,542)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

39.2 minutes ±8.5 (139,350  ±18,800) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

2,577 ±254 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,350,158 ±4,553
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
3.1 ±0.3 (8,097  ±1,147) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,167,808 (±0 / ±502)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

4.6% ±4.3% (81  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,397 (±0.1% / ±2,039)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

2,605 ±257 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,483,270 ±835
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$695,300 ±$40,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,000 ±$2,118
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

11.1% ±5.7% (879  ±465.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.7% 849,588 (±0.2% / ±11,175.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

97.6% ±4.6% (5,317  ±589.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,938,689 (±0.4% / ±16,678.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
72.4% ±5.7% (3,943  ±503.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.8% 2,314,689 (±0.3% / ±12,424.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

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

22% ±5.2% (1,783  ±494) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24% 1,501,590
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

9.1% ±3.9% (529  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 352,853 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
529 Total veterans ±233 274 Male ±136 255 Female ±191

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.