Fairwood vs Temple Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Fairwood and Temple Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Temple Hills has the higher population (8,740 vs 8,108 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($191,319 vs $70,097 in Temple Hills). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $340,800 in Temple Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
Population	8,108	8,740
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$191,319	$70,097
Median home value	$695,300	$340,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,743
Housing units	2,605	4,120
Homeownership rate	91.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
Population	6,261 → 8,108 (+29.5%)	7,926 → 8,740 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$162,697 → $191,319 (+17.6%)	$65,821 → $70,097 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$514,500 → $695,300 (+35.1%)	$261,600 → $340,800 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,918 → $3,501 (+20.0%)	$1,420 → $1,743 (+22.7%)

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

Temple Hills

Population

7,9268,740

Median household income

$65,821$70,097

Median home value

$261,600$340,800

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
Under 5	8.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.2%
75 and over	2.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	2.8%
Black or African American	81.1%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	11.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
Drove alone	62.1%	63.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.6%
Public transit	7.7%	11.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	15.6%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
1-unit, detached	76.0%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	50.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Temple Hills
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.0%
Average household size	3.14	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	2008	1973