Fruitland vs Willards

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

Fruitland and Willards 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 1,273 in Willards). Willards has the higher median household income ($72,614 vs $64,352 in Fruitland). Fruitland has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $196,800 in Willards).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Willards
Population	5,698	1,273
Median age	32.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,352	$72,614
Median home value	$211,200	$196,800
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,537
Housing units	2,178	503
Homeownership rate	63.9%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Willards
Population	5,244 → 5,698 (+8.7%)	886 → 1,273 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $64,352 (+13.0%)	$46,210 → $72,614 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $211,200 (+25.3%)	$137,800 → $196,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,354 (+5.0%)	$982 → $1,537 (+56.5%)

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

Willards

Population

8861,273

Median household income

$46,210$72,614

Median home value

$137,800$196,800

Median gross rent

$982$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland	Willards
Under 5	10.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.5%
75 and over	2.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Willards
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	26.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Willards
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Willards
Drove alone	79.1%	90.9%
Carpooled	12.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Willards
1-unit, detached	78.2%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Willards
Poverty rate	15.4%	21.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1984	1984