Cedar Heights vs Fairmount Heights

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

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

Cedar Heights has the higher population (1,748 vs 1,429 in Fairmount Heights). Fairmount Heights has the higher median household income ($92,321 vs $49,858 in Cedar Heights). Fairmount Heights has the higher median home value ($335,200 vs $300,400 in Cedar Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
Population	1,748	1,429
Median age	30.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,858	$92,321
Median home value	$300,400	$335,200
Median gross rent	$1,764	—
Housing units	652	594
Homeownership rate	43.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
Population	1,977 → 1,748 (-11.6%)	1,579 → 1,429 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$83,194 → $49,858 (-40.1%)	$68,000 → $92,321 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$230,800 → $300,400 (+30.2%)	$231,800 → $335,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,432 → $1,764 (+23.2%)	$1,700 → $1,598 (-6.0%)

Cedar Heights

Population

1,9771,748

Median household income

$83,194$49,858

Median home value

$230,800$300,400

Median gross rent

$1,432$1,764

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)

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
Under 5	9.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	32.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	1.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	4.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.2%
75 and over	5.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	4.8%
Black or African American	98.3%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
No high school diploma	6.7%	17.4%
High school graduate	65.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
Drove alone	61.6%	63.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.1%
Public transit	24.4%	14.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
1-unit, detached	33.4%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	52.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Heights	Fairmount Heights
Poverty rate	8.0%	18.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1970	1967