Chance vs Fairmount

A side-by-side comparison of Chance and Fairmount: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairmount has the higher population (357 vs 218 in Chance). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $63,500 in Chance). Since 2019, Fairmount's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Chance	Fairmount
Population	218	357
Median age	62.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$70,708
Median home value	$229,800	—
Housing units	229	207
Homeownership rate	97.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chance	Fairmount
Population	470 → 218 (-53.6%)	367 → 357 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $63,500 (+4.4%)	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $229,800 (+40.5%)	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)

Chance

Population

470218

Median household income

$60,833$63,500

Median home value

$163,600$229,800

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chance	Fairmount
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	2.8%	5.6%
55 to 64	24.3%	24.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	33.1%
75 and over	22.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chance	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	62.2%
Black or African American	12.4%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	22.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chance	Fairmount
No high school diploma	22.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chance	Fairmount
Drove alone	61.3%	94.3%
Carpooled	22.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chance	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	88.2%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Chance	Fairmount
Poverty rate	2.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1970	1970