Fairwood vs Woodlawn

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

Fairwood and Woodlawn 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 7,221 in Woodlawn). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($191,319 vs $90,565 in Woodlawn). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $346,200 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
Population	8,108	7,221
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$191,319	$90,565
Median home value	$695,300	$346,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,651
Housing units	2,605	2,100
Homeownership rate	91.5%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
Population	6,261 → 8,108 (+29.5%)	6,692 → 7,221 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$162,697 → $191,319 (+17.6%)	$78,500 → $90,565 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$514,500 → $695,300 (+35.1%)	$243,500 → $346,200 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,918 → $3,501 (+20.0%)	$1,437 → $1,651 (+14.9%)

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

Woodlawn

Population

6,6927,221

Median household income

$78,500$90,565

Median home value

$243,500$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,437$1,651

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
Under 5	8.3%	11.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.9%
75 and over	2.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	5.7%
Black or African American	81.1%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	2.4%	26.9%
High school graduate	11.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
Drove alone	62.1%	63.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	23.2%
Public transit	7.7%	5.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	76.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.7%
Average household size	3.14	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	2008	1959