Fairland vs Olney

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

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

Olney has the higher population (36,000 vs 26,183 in Fairland). Olney has the higher median household income ($171,766 vs $87,924 in Fairland). Olney has the higher median home value ($632,400 vs $440,800 in Fairland).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Olney
Population	26,183	36,000
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,924	$171,766
Median home value	$440,800	$632,400
Median gross rent	$1,851	$2,409
Housing units	9,860	12,076
Homeownership rate	47.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Olney
Population	25,220 → 26,183 (+3.8%)	35,191 → 36,000 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$84,426 → $87,924 (+4.1%)	$143,396 → $171,766 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$349,300 → $440,800 (+26.2%)	$506,400 → $632,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $1,851 (+9.6%)	$1,948 → $2,409 (+23.7%)

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

Olney

Population

35,19136,000

Median household income

$143,396$171,766

Median home value

$506,400$632,400

Median gross rent

$1,948$2,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Olney
Under 5	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.3%
75 and over	2.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	11.5%	54.9%
Black or African American	60.1%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	10.1%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Olney
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Olney
Drove alone	63.9%	62.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.2%
Public transit	7.2%	2.3%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.3%	26.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Olney
1-unit, detached	23.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	30.0%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	35.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Olney
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.74	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1985	1986