Fairmount vs Smith Island

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

Fairmount and Smith Island 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 340 in Smith Island). Smith Island has the higher median household income ($82,443 vs $70,708 in Fairmount). Since 2019, Smith Island's population has grown faster (+128.2% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Smith Island
Population	357	340
Median age	59.8 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,708	$82,443
Median home value	—	$104,800
Housing units	207	247
Homeownership rate	83.9%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Smith Island
Population	367 → 357 (-2.7%)	149 → 340 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)	$69,688 → $82,443 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)	$110,800 → $104,800 (-5.4%)

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

Smith Island

Population

149340

Median household income

$69,688$82,443

Median home value

$110,800$104,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Smith Island
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	1.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	19.1%
55 to 64	24.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	33.1%	26.5%
75 and over	2.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Smith Island
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	97.4%
Black or African American	8.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Smith Island
No high school diploma	10.4%	45.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Smith Island
Drove alone	94.3%	31.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Smith Island
1-unit, detached	88.9%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Smith Island
Poverty rate	16.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.50	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	9
Median year structure built	1970	1950