Fairmount vs West Pocomoke

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

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

West Pocomoke has the higher population (545 vs 357 in Fairmount). Since 2019, West Pocomoke's population has grown faster (+68.7% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
Population	357	545
Median age	59.8 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,708	—
Median home value	—	$134,400
Median gross rent	—	$944
Housing units	207	303
Homeownership rate	83.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
Population	367 → 357 (-2.7%)	323 → 545 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$71,161 → $70,708 (-0.6%)	$31,105 → $38,056 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $145,300 (-12.5%)	$165,600 → $134,400 (-18.8%)

Fairmount

Population

367357

Median household income

$71,161$70,708

Median home value

$166,100$145,300

West Pocomoke

Population

323545

Median household income

$31,105$38,056

Median home value

$165,600$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	20.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	24.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	33.1%	12.8%
75 and over	2.5%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	67.3%
Black or African American	8.4%	30.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
No high school diploma	10.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
Drove alone	94.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
1-unit, detached	88.9%	92.1%
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%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	West Pocomoke
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.50	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1970	1982