Edmonston vs Fairmount Heights

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

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

Fairmount Heights has the higher population (1,429 vs 1,332 in Edmonston). Fairmount Heights has the higher median household income ($92,321 vs $82,431 in Edmonston). Edmonston has the higher median home value ($392,600 vs $335,200 in Fairmount Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
Population	1,332	1,429
Median age	29.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,431	$92,321
Median home value	$392,600	$335,200
Median gross rent	$1,796	—
Housing units	382	594
Homeownership rate	54.7%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
Population	1,436 → 1,332 (-7.2%)	1,579 → 1,429 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$72,422 → $82,431 (+13.8%)	$68,000 → $92,321 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $392,600 (+43.5%)	$231,800 → $335,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,425 → $1,796 (+26.0%)	$1,700 → $1,598 (-6.0%)

Edmonston

Population

1,4361,332

Median household income

$72,422$82,431

Median home value

$273,500$392,600

Median gross rent

$1,425$1,796

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)

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
Under 5	9.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.2%
75 and over	1.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	8.9%	4.8%
Black or African American	27.6%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	56.8%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
No high school diploma	33.8%	17.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
Drove alone	48.1%	63.8%
Carpooled	32.8%	6.1%
Public transit	5.0%	14.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	14.9%
Other means	5.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
1-unit, detached	56.5%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Edmonston	Fairmount Heights
Poverty rate	7.5%	18.4%
Average household size	3.49	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1959	1967