What is the population of Fairland CDP?

Fairland CDP has 26,183 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Fairland CDP?

Median household income in Fairland CDP is $87,924 a year, 12% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairland CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,851 a month and the median home value is $440,800, so rent absorbs about 25.3% of median household income.

Is Fairland CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairland CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fairland, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fairland, Maryland (Fairland, MD — Census place “Fairland CDP”) is 26,183 residents, ranking #53 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $87,924, the median home is worth $440,800 and median gross rent runs $1,851 a month. Looking for the Fairland Maryland ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Fairland, MD: 20866, 20904.

Population: 26,183Fairland CDP residents
Median household income: $87,924Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $440,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,851Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 47.3%Owner-occupied households

Fairland ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fairland.

The Fairland MD ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fairland CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fairland CDP median would spend about 25.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 47.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fairland CDP, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fairland CDP is a small city in Maryland, with 26,183 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #53 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 37.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fairland CDP earn a median of $87,924 a year, 12% above the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fairland CDP is valued at $440,800, 45.3% above the national figure and 11% above the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,851 a month, 31.7% above the national figure, or roughly $22,212 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 47.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Fairland CDP?: Fairland CDP has 26,183 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Fairland CDP?: Median household income in Fairland CDP is $87,924 a year, 12% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairland CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,851 a month and the median home value is $440,800, so rent absorbs about 25.3% of median household income.
Is Fairland CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairland CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fairland CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.