Fairwood vs Marlboro Village

A side-by-side comparison of Fairwood and Marlboro Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marlboro Village has the higher population (9,200 vs 8,108 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($191,319 vs $122,313 in Marlboro Village). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $364,700 in Marlboro Village).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
Population	8,108	9,200
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$191,319	$122,313
Median home value	$695,300	$364,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,153
Housing units	2,605	3,764
Homeownership rate	91.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
Population	6,261 → 8,108 (+29.5%)	9,325 → 9,200 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$162,697 → $191,319 (+17.6%)	$102,232 → $122,313 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$514,500 → $695,300 (+35.1%)	$267,600 → $364,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,918 → $3,501 (+20.0%)	$1,938 → $2,153 (+11.1%)

Fairwood

Population

6,2618,108

Median household income

$162,697$191,319

Median home value

$514,500$695,300

Median gross rent

$2,918$3,501

Marlboro Village

Population

9,3259,200

Median household income

$102,232$122,313

Median home value

$267,600$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,938$2,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
Under 5	8.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.1%
75 and over	2.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	10.9%
Black or African American	81.1%	82.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	7.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	11.7%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
Drove alone	62.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.9%
Public transit	7.7%	6.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
1-unit, detached	76.0%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	46.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Marlboro Village
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.2%
Average household size	3.14	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	2008	1994