Fairplay vs San Mar

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

Fairplay and San Mar 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 433 in San Mar). Fairplay has the higher median household income ($115,978 vs $88,056 in San Mar). Fairplay has the higher median home value ($303,500 vs $259,600 in San Mar).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplay	San Mar
Population	473	433
Median age	41.4 yrs	66.9 yrs
Median household income	$115,978	$88,056
Median home value	$303,500	$259,600
Median gross rent	—	$618
Housing units	130	166
Homeownership rate	93.1%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	32.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplay	San Mar
Population	435 → 473 (+8.7%)	333 → 433 (+30.0%)
Median household income	$92,273 → $115,978 (+25.7%)	$48,958 → $88,056 (+79.9%)
Median home value	$260,500 → $303,500 (+16.5%)	$236,600 → $259,600 (+9.7%)

Fairplay

Population

435473

Median household income

$92,273$115,978

Median home value

$260,500$303,500

San Mar

Population

333433

Median household income

$48,958$88,056

Median home value

$236,600$259,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplay	San Mar
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	2.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	0.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.4%
75 and over	6.6%	45.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplay	San Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	5.5%	5.3%
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%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplay	San Mar
No high school diploma	8.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	41.5%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplay	San Mar
Drove alone	76.4%	57.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	42.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplay	San Mar
1-unit, detached	80.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairplay	San Mar
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.8%
Average household size	3.57	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1982	1975