Edesville vs Fairlee

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

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

Fairlee has the higher population (259 vs 39 in Edesville). Since 2019, Fairlee's population has grown faster (-56.2% vs -83.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Edesville	Fairlee
Population	39	259
Median age	64.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$114,063
Median home value	—	$271,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	58	119
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edesville	Fairlee
Population	238 → 39 (-83.6%)	591 → 259 (-56.2%)
Median household income	—	$35,060 → $114,063 (+225.3%)
Median home value	—	$198,700 → $271,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $1,116 (+69.1%)

Edesville

Population

23839

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)

	Edesville	Fairlee
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	25.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	6.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	38.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	46.2%	12.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edesville	Fairlee
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	83.0%
Black or African American	100.0%	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	0.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edesville	Fairlee
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	100.0%	59.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	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)

	Edesville	Fairlee
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edesville	Fairlee
1-unit, detached	86.2%	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	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edesville	Fairlee
Poverty rate	25.6%	29.7%
Average household size	1.70	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1938	1984