Eden vs Fairmount

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

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

Eden has the higher population (790 vs 357 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $30,609 in Eden). Since 2019, Eden's population has grown faster (+3.3% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Fairmount
Population	790	357
Median age	36.4 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,609	$70,708
Median home value	$47,100	—
Housing units	301	207
Homeownership rate	80.7%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Fairmount
Population	765 → 790 (+3.3%)	367 → 357 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$30,524 → $30,609 (+0.3%)	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $47,100 (-56.2%)	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,273 (+59.3%)	—

Eden

Population

765790

Median household income

$30,524$30,609

Median home value

$107,600$47,100

Median gross rent

$799$1,273

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Fairmount
Under 5	8.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	19.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	24.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	33.1%
75 and over	4.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	62.2%
Black or African American	33.2%	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	4.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Fairmount
No high school diploma	27.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Fairmount
Drove alone	57.5%	94.3%
Carpooled	25.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	36.2%	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	63.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Fairmount
Poverty rate	25.7%	16.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	43	28
Median year structure built	1992	1970