Fairplay vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (596 vs 473 in Fairplay). Fairplay has the higher median household income ($115,978 vs $71,029 in Sharpsburg). Fairplay has the higher median home value ($303,500 vs $231,400 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
Population	473	596
Median age	41.4 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$115,978	$71,029
Median home value	$303,500	$231,400
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	130	330
Homeownership rate	93.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
Population	435 → 473 (+8.7%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$92,273 → $115,978 (+25.7%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$260,500 → $303,500 (+16.5%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Fairplay

Population

435473

Median household income

$92,273$115,978

Median home value

$260,500$303,500

Sharpsburg

Population

784596

Median household income

$70,375$71,029

Median home value

$181,300$231,400

Median gross rent

$769$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
Under 5	4.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	8.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	19.8%
75 and over	6.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	8.6%	17.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	76.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	80.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairplay	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.7%
Average household size	3.57	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	41
Median year structure built	1982	1938