Fairfax vs Ulmer

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Ulmer: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfax and Ulmer are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfax has the higher population (2,037 vs 118 in Ulmer). Ulmer has the higher median household income ($95,250 vs $41,328 in Fairfax). Since 2019, Ulmer's population has grown faster (+218.9% vs -6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Ulmer
Population	2,037	118
Median age	43.3 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,328	$95,250
Median home value	$54,400	—
Median gross rent	$702	—
Housing units	960	59
Homeownership rate	54.6%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Ulmer
Population	2,175 → 2,037 (-6.3%)	37 → 118 (+218.9%)
Median household income	$31,838 → $41,328 (+29.8%)	$43,500 → $95,250 (+119.0%)
Median home value	$54,000 → $54,400 (+0.7%)	$62,500 → $84,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $702 (+13.0%)	—

Fairfax

Population

2,1752,037

Median household income

$31,838$41,328

Median home value

$54,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$621$702

Ulmer

Population

37118

Median household income

$43,500$95,250

Median home value

$62,500$84,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Ulmer
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	32.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	26.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	5.9%
75 and over	5.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Ulmer
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	81.4%
Black or African American	71.9%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Ulmer
No high school diploma	18.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	53.5%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Ulmer
Drove alone	84.2%	91.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Ulmer
1-unit, detached	69.5%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Ulmer
Poverty rate	23.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.31	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	46	27
Median year structure built	1982	1967