Crisfield vs Fairmount

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

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

Crisfield has the higher population (2,468 vs 357 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $49,602 in Crisfield). Since 2019, Fairmount's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Crisfield	Fairmount
Population	2,468	357
Median age	35.6 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,602	$70,708
Median home value	$137,100	—
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	1,450	207
Homeownership rate	51.7%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crisfield	Fairmount
Population	2,601 → 2,468 (-5.1%)	367 → 357 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $49,602 (+67.1%)	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $137,100 (+27.3%)	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $725 (+41.9%)	—

Crisfield

Population

2,6012,468

Median household income

$29,688$49,602

Median home value

$107,700$137,100

Median gross rent

$511$725

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crisfield	Fairmount
Under 5	7.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	6.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	24.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	33.1%
75 and over	7.4%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crisfield	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	62.2%
Black or African American	31.2%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	22.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crisfield	Fairmount
No high school diploma	15.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crisfield	Fairmount
Drove alone	82.8%	94.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crisfield	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	61.2%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Crisfield	Fairmount
Poverty rate	20.3%	16.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1980	1970