Clear Spring vs Fairplay

A side-by-side comparison of Clear Spring and Fairplay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairplay has the higher population (473 vs 394 in Clear Spring). Fairplay has the higher median household income ($115,978 vs $59,250 in Clear Spring). Fairplay has the higher median home value ($303,500 vs $146,300 in Clear Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
Population	394	473
Median age	33.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,250	$115,978
Median home value	$146,300	$303,500
Median gross rent	$1,182	—
Housing units	163	130
Homeownership rate	51.8%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
Population	479 → 394 (-17.7%)	435 → 473 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$51,944 → $59,250 (+14.1%)	$92,273 → $115,978 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$154,000 → $146,300 (-5.0%)	$260,500 → $303,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,182 (+41.2%)	—

Clear Spring

Population

479394

Median household income

$51,944$59,250

Median home value

$154,000$146,300

Median gross rent

$837$1,182

Fairplay

Population

435473

Median household income

$92,273$115,978

Median home value

$260,500$303,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	26.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.4%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	51.8%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
Drove alone	84.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.1%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
1-unit, detached	52.1%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Spring	Fairplay
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.79	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1938	1982