Fairplay vs Mount Aetna

A side-by-side comparison of Fairplay and Mount Aetna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Aetna has the higher population (581 vs 473 in Fairplay). Mount Aetna has the higher median household income ($120,417 vs $115,978 in Fairplay). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($457,100 vs $303,500 in Fairplay).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
Population	473	581
Median age	41.4 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,978	$120,417
Median home value	$303,500	$457,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,184
Housing units	130	202
Homeownership rate	93.1%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
Population	435 → 473 (+8.7%)	689 → 581 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$92,273 → $115,978 (+25.7%)	$140,833 → $120,417 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$260,500 → $303,500 (+16.5%)	$386,800 → $457,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,775 → $1,184 (-33.3%)

Fairplay

Population

435473

Median household income

$92,273$115,978

Median home value

$260,500$303,500

Mount Aetna

Population

689581

Median household income

$140,833$120,417

Median home value

$386,800$457,100

Median gross rent

$1,775$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
Under 5	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	23.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.0%
75 and over	6.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	65.9%
Black or African American	5.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	76.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	18.5%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	80.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.0%
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

	Fairplay	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	3.57	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1982	1985