Fairlee vs Tolchester

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

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

Tolchester has the higher population (381 vs 259 in Fairlee). Tolchester has the higher median household income ($114,750 vs $114,063 in Fairlee). Tolchester has the higher median home value ($320,700 vs $271,200 in Fairlee).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlee	Tolchester
Population	259	381
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$114,750
Median home value	$271,200	$320,700
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,021
Housing units	119	234
Homeownership rate	75.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlee	Tolchester
Population	591 → 259 (-56.2%)	350 → 381 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$35,060 → $114,063 (+225.3%)	$126,938 → $114,750 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$198,700 → $271,200 (+36.5%)	$200,000 → $320,700 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $1,116 (+69.1%)	$1,588 → $1,021 (-35.7%)

Fairlee

Population

591259

Median household income

$35,060$114,063

Median home value

$198,700$271,200

Median gross rent

$660$1,116

Tolchester

Population

350381

Median household income

$126,938$114,750

Median home value

$200,000$320,700

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlee	Tolchester
Under 5	2.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.9%	3.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	31.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	31.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	3.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.2%
75 and over	4.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlee	Tolchester
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	73.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	13.6%
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	9.7%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlee	Tolchester
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	59.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	47.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlee	Tolchester
Drove alone	96.4%	94.9%
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%	5.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlee	Tolchester
1-unit, detached	84.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	0.0%
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

	Fairlee	Tolchester
Poverty rate	29.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.76	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	49	49
Median year structure built	1984	1951