Deal Island vs Fairmount

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

Deal Island 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 311 in Deal Island). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $28,125 in Deal Island). Since 2019, Fairmount's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Deal Island	Fairmount
Population	311	357
Median age	62.7 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$70,708
Median home value	$129,000	—
Housing units	354	207
Homeownership rate	85.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deal Island	Fairmount
Population	351 → 311 (-11.4%)	367 → 357 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deal Island	Fairmount
Under 5	2.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	6.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	1.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	25.1%	24.6%
65 to 74	21.5%	33.1%
75 and over	19.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deal Island	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	62.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	0.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deal Island	Fairmount
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	38.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deal Island	Fairmount
Drove alone	49.3%	94.3%
Carpooled	26.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	5.7%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deal Island	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	84.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	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	11.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Deal Island	Fairmount
Poverty rate	30.0%	16.5%
Average household size	1.75	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1955	1970