Fruitland vs Pittsville

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitland and Pittsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fruitland has the higher population (5,698 vs 2,034 in Pittsville). Pittsville has the higher median household income ($73,441 vs $64,352 in Fruitland). Fruitland has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $206,800 in Pittsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Pittsville
Population	5,698	2,034
Median age	32.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,352	$73,441
Median home value	$211,200	$206,800
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,088
Housing units	2,178	997
Homeownership rate	63.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Pittsville
Population	5,244 → 5,698 (+8.7%)	1,547 → 2,034 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $64,352 (+13.0%)	$52,212 → $73,441 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $211,200 (+25.3%)	$134,600 → $206,800 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,354 (+5.0%)	$1,016 → $1,088 (+7.1%)

Fruitland

Population

5,2445,698

Median household income

$56,964$64,352

Median home value

$168,500$211,200

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,354

Pittsville

Population

1,5472,034

Median household income

$52,212$73,441

Median home value

$134,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland	Pittsville
Under 5	10.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.6%
75 and over	2.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Pittsville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	76.5%
Black or African American	26.9%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Pittsville
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Pittsville
Drove alone	79.1%	86.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Pittsville
1-unit, detached	78.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Pittsville
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1984	1995