Calverton vs Fairland

A side-by-side comparison of Calverton and Fairland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairland has the higher population (26,183 vs 17,721 in Calverton). Calverton has the higher median household income ($108,315 vs $87,924 in Fairland). Calverton has the higher median home value ($468,600 vs $440,800 in Fairland).

Population, income & housing

	Calverton	Fairland
Population	17,721	26,183
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,315	$87,924
Median home value	$468,600	$440,800
Median gross rent	$2,208	$1,851
Housing units	6,245	9,860
Homeownership rate	68.4%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calverton	Fairland
Population	16,888 → 17,721 (+4.9%)	25,220 → 26,183 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$89,796 → $108,315 (+20.6%)	$84,426 → $87,924 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $468,600 (+30.9%)	$349,300 → $440,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,989 → $2,208 (+11.0%)	$1,689 → $1,851 (+9.6%)

Calverton

Population

16,88817,721

Median household income

$89,796$108,315

Median home value

$358,000$468,600

Median gross rent

$1,989$2,208

Fairland

Population

25,22026,183

Median household income

$84,426$87,924

Median home value

$349,300$440,800

Median gross rent

$1,689$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calverton	Fairland
Under 5	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.4%
75 and over	11.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calverton	Fairland
White (non-Hispanic)	18.2%	11.5%
Black or African American	38.6%	60.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	11.1%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.3%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calverton	Fairland
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	23.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calverton	Fairland
Drove alone	75.6%	63.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.3%
Public transit	3.3%	7.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	17.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calverton	Fairland
1-unit, detached	47.2%	23.4%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	30.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	35.5%
20 or more units	25.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Calverton	Fairland
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1983	1985