Fairwood vs Riverdale Park

A side-by-side comparison of Fairwood and Riverdale Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairwood has the higher population (8,108 vs 7,249 in Riverdale Park). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($191,319 vs $104,583 in Riverdale Park). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $447,000 in Riverdale Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
Population	8,108	7,249
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$191,319	$104,583
Median home value	$695,300	$447,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,668
Housing units	2,605	2,385
Homeownership rate	91.5%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
Population	6,261 → 8,108 (+29.5%)	7,198 → 7,249 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$162,697 → $191,319 (+17.6%)	$79,219 → $104,583 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$514,500 → $695,300 (+35.1%)	$328,600 → $447,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,918 → $3,501 (+20.0%)	$1,224 → $1,668 (+36.3%)

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

Riverdale Park

Population

7,1987,249

Median household income

$79,219$104,583

Median home value

$328,600$447,000

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
Under 5	8.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	4.5%
75 and over	2.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	17.4%
Black or African American	81.1%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
No high school diploma	2.4%	27.9%
High school graduate	11.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
Drove alone	62.1%	50.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.5%
Public transit	7.7%	6.8%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	23.6%	21.1%
Other means	0.4%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
1-unit, detached	76.0%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	17.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	24.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Riverdale Park
Poverty rate	3.3%	13.7%
Average household size	3.14	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	2008	1957