Beaver Creek vs Fairplay

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Creek and Fairplay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaver Creek has the higher population (521 vs 473 in Fairplay). Beaver Creek has the higher median home value ($629,400 vs $303,500 in Fairplay). Since 2019, Beaver Creek's population has grown faster (+71.4% vs +8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
Population	521	473
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$115,978
Median home value	$629,400	$303,500
Housing units	166	130
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
Population	304 → 521 (+71.4%)	435 → 473 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$187,708 → $155,500 (-17.2%)	$92,273 → $115,978 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $629,400 (+16.2%)	$260,500 → $303,500 (+16.5%)

Beaver Creek

Population

304521

Median household income

$187,708$155,500

Median home value

$541,700$629,400

Fairplay

Population

435473

Median household income

$92,273$115,978

Median home value

$260,500$303,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
Under 5	2.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	34.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	17.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.1%
75 and over	3.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	82.5%
Black or African American	49.5%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
Drove alone	79.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Creek	Fairplay
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	3.14	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	44	31
Median year structure built	1999	1982