Fairland vs North Potomac

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

Fairland and North Potomac 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 23,994 in North Potomac). North Potomac has the higher median household income ($186,438 vs $87,924 in Fairland). North Potomac has the higher median home value ($793,200 vs $440,800 in Fairland).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	North Potomac
Population	26,183	23,994
Median age	37.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,924	$186,438
Median home value	$440,800	$793,200
Median gross rent	$1,851	$2,433
Housing units	9,860	8,433
Homeownership rate	47.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	77.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	North Potomac
Population	25,220 → 26,183 (+3.8%)	23,914 → 23,994 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$84,426 → $87,924 (+4.1%)	$171,066 → $186,438 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$349,300 → $440,800 (+26.2%)	$672,900 → $793,200 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $1,851 (+9.6%)	$2,129 → $2,433 (+14.3%)

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

North Potomac

Population

23,91423,994

Median household income

$171,066$186,438

Median home value

$672,900$793,200

Median gross rent

$2,129$2,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	North Potomac
Under 5	6.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.8%
75 and over	2.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	North Potomac
White (non-Hispanic)	11.5%	42.3%
Black or African American	60.1%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	10.1%	40.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	North Potomac
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	North Potomac
Drove alone	63.9%	52.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.0%
Public transit	7.2%	3.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.3%	36.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	North Potomac
1-unit, detached	23.4%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	30.0%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	35.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	7.3%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	North Potomac
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1985	1988