Fairplay vs Pinesburg

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

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

Pinesburg has the higher population (529 vs 473 in Fairplay). Fairplay has the higher median home value ($303,500 vs $218,000 in Pinesburg). Since 2019, Pinesburg's population has grown faster (+114.2% vs +8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
Population	473	529
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,978	—
Median home value	$303,500	$218,000
Housing units	130	159
Homeownership rate	93.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
Population	435 → 473 (+8.7%)	247 → 529 (+114.2%)
Median household income	$92,273 → $115,978 (+25.7%)	—
Median home value	$260,500 → $303,500 (+16.5%)	$184,300 → $218,000 (+18.3%)

Fairplay

Population

435473

Median household income

$92,273$115,978

Median home value

$260,500$303,500

Pinesburg

Population

247529

Median home value

$184,300$218,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	24.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	13.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	25.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	6.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	3.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.5%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.0%
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	12.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
No high school diploma	8.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	41.5%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
Drove alone	76.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplay	Pinesburg
1-unit, detached	80.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	16.4%
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	Pinesburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	24.4%
Average household size	3.57	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	13
Median year structure built	1982	1956