Betterton vs Fairlee

A side-by-side comparison of Betterton and Fairlee: population, income, housing, and more.

Betterton and Fairlee are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Betterton has the higher population (358 vs 259 in Fairlee). Fairlee has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $74,375 in Betterton). Fairlee has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $219,000 in Betterton).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Fairlee
Population	358	259
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$114,063
Median home value	$219,000	$271,200
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,116
Housing units	271	119
Homeownership rate	75.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Fairlee
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	591 → 259 (-56.2%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	$35,060 → $114,063 (+225.3%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$198,700 → $271,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,063 (+14.3%)	$660 → $1,116 (+69.1%)

Betterton

Population

431358

Median household income

$53,594$74,375

Median home value

$175,000$219,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,063

Fairlee

Population

591259

Median household income

$35,060$114,063

Median home value

$198,700$271,200

Median gross rent

$660$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Fairlee
Under 5	7.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	25.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	3.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	11.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Fairlee
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	83.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betterton	Fairlee
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	59.7%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Fairlee
Drove alone	80.8%	96.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Fairlee
1-unit, detached	72.3%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betterton	Fairlee
Poverty rate	13.6%	29.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	49
Median year structure built	1948	1984