Fairlee vs Worton

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

Fairlee and Worton 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 137 in Worton). Fairlee has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $102,375 in Worton). Fairlee has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $246,900 in Worton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlee	Worton
Population	259	137
Median age	39.5 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$102,375
Median home value	$271,200	$246,900
Median gross rent	$1,116	—
Housing units	119	81
Homeownership rate	75.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlee	Worton
Population	591 → 259 (-56.2%)	79 → 137 (+73.4%)
Median household income	$35,060 → $114,063 (+225.3%)	$87,596 → $102,375 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$198,700 → $271,200 (+36.5%)	$210,900 → $246,900 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $1,116 (+69.1%)	—

Fairlee

Population

591259

Median household income

$35,060$114,063

Median home value

$198,700$271,200

Median gross rent

$660$1,116

Worton

Population

79137

Median household income

$87,596$102,375

Median home value

$210,900$246,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlee	Worton
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	62.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	24.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.3%
75 and over	4.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlee	Worton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlee	Worton
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	59.7%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlee	Worton
Drove alone	96.4%	100.0%
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	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlee	Worton
1-unit, detached	84.0%	77.8%
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%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairlee	Worton
Poverty rate	29.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.76	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	49	19
Median year structure built	1984	1975