Dames Quarter vs Fairmount

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

Dames Quarter 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 207 in Dames Quarter). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $69,342 in Dames Quarter). Since 2019, Dames Quarter's population has grown faster (+314.0% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
Population	207	357
Median age	41.5 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,342	$70,708
Housing units	112	207
Homeownership rate	90.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
Population	50 → 207 (+314.0%)	367 → 357 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$37,813 → $69,342 (+83.4%)	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $230,000 (+13.7%)	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)

Dames Quarter

Population

50207

Median household income

$37,813$69,342

Median home value

$202,300$230,000

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	55.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	24.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	33.1%
75 and over	0.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	62.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
Drove alone	30.7%	94.3%
Carpooled	69.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	94.6%	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	5.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Dames Quarter	Fairmount
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.5%
Average household size	3.34	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1981	1970