Fairland vs Montgomery Village

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

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

Montgomery Village has the higher population (34,161 vs 26,183 in Fairland). Montgomery Village has the higher median household income ($96,487 vs $87,924 in Fairland). Fairland has the higher median home value ($440,800 vs $367,100 in Montgomery Village).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
Population	26,183	34,161
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,924	$96,487
Median home value	$440,800	$367,100
Median gross rent	$1,851	$1,883
Housing units	9,860	12,908
Homeownership rate	47.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
Population	25,220 → 26,183 (+3.8%)	34,332 → 34,161 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$84,426 → $87,924 (+4.1%)	$80,440 → $96,487 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$349,300 → $440,800 (+26.2%)	$305,400 → $367,100 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $1,851 (+9.6%)	$1,631 → $1,883 (+15.5%)

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

Montgomery Village

Population

34,33234,161

Median household income

$80,440$96,487

Median home value

$305,400$367,100

Median gross rent

$1,631$1,883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
Under 5	6.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.8%
75 and over	2.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
White (non-Hispanic)	11.5%	23.3%
Black or African American	60.1%	23.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	10.1%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	34.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	21.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
Drove alone	63.9%	59.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.8%
Public transit	7.2%	8.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	17.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
1-unit, detached	23.4%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	30.0%	51.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	35.5%	16.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Montgomery Village
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1985	1980