Chesapeake Landing vs Fairlee

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

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

Chesapeake Landing has the higher population (465 vs 259 in Fairlee). Fairlee has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $53,516 in Chesapeake Landing). Fairlee has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $224,400 in Chesapeake Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
Population	465	259
Median age	12.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,516	$114,063
Median home value	$224,400	$271,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	142	119
Homeownership rate	78.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
Population	132 → 465 (+252.3%)	591 → 259 (-56.2%)
Median household income	$78,088 → $53,516 (-31.5%)	$35,060 → $114,063 (+225.3%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $224,400 (+34.8%)	$198,700 → $271,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $1,116 (+69.1%)

Chesapeake Landing

Population

132465

Median household income

$78,088$53,516

Median home value

$166,500$224,400

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)

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
Under 5	24.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	28.4%	25.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	6.7%	3.5%
35 to 44	26.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	2.2%	17.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	12.4%
75 and over	8.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	4.9%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	75.0%	59.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
Drove alone	50.8%	96.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.1%	0.0%
Other means	8.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake Landing	Fairlee
Poverty rate	0.0%	29.7%
Average household size	3.27	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	49
Median year structure built	1998	1984