Baden vs Fairmount Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Baden and Fairmount Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baden has the higher population (1,968 vs 1,429 in Fairmount Heights). Baden has the higher median household income ($146,486 vs $92,321 in Fairmount Heights). Baden has the higher median home value ($554,800 vs $335,200 in Fairmount Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
Population	1,968	1,429
Median age	54.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,486	$92,321
Median home value	$554,800	$335,200
Median gross rent	$2,275	—
Housing units	844	594
Homeownership rate	92.9%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
Population	1,743 → 1,968 (+12.9%)	1,579 → 1,429 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$107,074 → $146,486 (+36.8%)	$68,000 → $92,321 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$368,200 → $554,800 (+50.7%)	$231,800 → $335,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $2,275 (+232.6%)	$1,700 → $1,598 (-6.0%)

Baden

Population

1,7431,968

Median household income

$107,074$146,486

Median home value

$368,200$554,800

Median gross rent

$684$2,275

Fairmount Heights

Population

1,5791,429

Median household income

$68,000$92,321

Median home value

$231,800$335,200

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
Under 5	5.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	24.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.2%
75 and over	9.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	4.8%
Black or African American	48.9%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
No high school diploma	8.7%	17.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
Drove alone	61.8%	63.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.1%
Public transit	1.6%	14.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
1-unit, detached	91.1%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Baden	Fairmount Heights
Poverty rate	0.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	49	35
Median year structure built	1985	1967