Fairwood vs Mount Rainier

A side-by-side comparison of Fairwood and Mount Rainier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Rainier has the higher population (8,235 vs 8,108 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($191,319 vs $68,281 in Mount Rainier). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $522,100 in Mount Rainier).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
Population	8,108	8,235
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$191,319	$68,281
Median home value	$695,300	$522,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,434
Housing units	2,605	3,869
Homeownership rate	91.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
Population	6,261 → 8,108 (+29.5%)	8,107 → 8,235 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$162,697 → $191,319 (+17.6%)	$55,768 → $68,281 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$514,500 → $695,300 (+35.1%)	$354,400 → $522,100 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,918 → $3,501 (+20.0%)	$1,245 → $1,434 (+15.2%)

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

Mount Rainier

Population

8,1078,235

Median household income

$55,768$68,281

Median home value

$354,400$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,245$1,434

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
Under 5	8.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	20.0%
45 to 54	17.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.1%
75 and over	2.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	16.7%
Black or African American	81.1%	45.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
No high school diploma	2.4%	15.7%
High school graduate	11.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
Drove alone	62.1%	55.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.6%
Public transit	7.7%	18.4%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.6%	16.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
1-unit, detached	76.0%	28.7%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	44.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Mount Rainier
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.6%
Average household size	3.14	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	2008	1952