Fairland vs Redland

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

Fairland and Redland 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 18,976 in Redland). Redland has the higher median household income ($123,587 vs $87,924 in Fairland). Redland has the higher median home value ($519,600 vs $440,800 in Fairland).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Redland
Population	26,183	18,976
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,924	$123,587
Median home value	$440,800	$519,600
Median gross rent	$1,851	$2,145
Housing units	9,860	6,021
Homeownership rate	47.3%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Redland
Population	25,220 → 26,183 (+3.8%)	17,414 → 18,976 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$84,426 → $87,924 (+4.1%)	$117,944 → $123,587 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$349,300 → $440,800 (+26.2%)	$418,500 → $519,600 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $1,851 (+9.6%)	$1,736 → $2,145 (+23.6%)

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

Redland

Population

17,41418,976

Median household income

$117,944$123,587

Median home value

$418,500$519,600

Median gross rent

$1,736$2,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Redland
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.0%
75 and over	2.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Redland
White (non-Hispanic)	11.5%	28.5%
Black or African American	60.1%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Redland
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	21.6%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Redland
Drove alone	63.9%	59.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.4%
Public transit	7.2%	8.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	21.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Redland
1-unit, detached	23.4%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	30.0%	26.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	35.5%	10.8%
20 or more units	7.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Redland
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.74	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1985	1980