Fairmount vs Princess Anne

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

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

Princess Anne has the higher population (3,461 vs 357 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $50,000 in Princess Anne). Since 2019, Princess Anne's population has grown faster (-0.7% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
Population	357	3,461
Median age	59.8 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,708	$50,000
Median home value	—	$152,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,183
Housing units	207	1,797
Homeownership rate	83.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
Population	367 → 357 (-2.7%)	3,487 → 3,461 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)	$34,213 → $50,000 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)	$143,500 → $152,400 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$869 → $1,183 (+36.1%)

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Princess Anne

Population

3,4873,461

Median household income

$34,213$50,000

Median home value

$143,500$152,400

Median gross rent

$869$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
Under 5	1.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	6.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	21.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	24.6%	4.9%
65 to 74	33.1%	5.5%
75 and over	2.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	23.8%
Black or African American	8.4%	61.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	22.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
Drove alone	94.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
1-unit, detached	88.9%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	34.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Princess Anne
Poverty rate	16.5%	21.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1970	1998