Fair Play vs Newry

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Play and Newry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fair Play has the higher population (578 vs 393 in Newry). Since 2019, Newry's population has grown faster (+105.8% vs +21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	Newry
Population	578	393
Median age	51.1 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,466	—
Median home value	$230,900	—
Housing units	384	200
Homeownership rate	98.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	Newry
Population	474 → 578 (+21.9%)	191 → 393 (+105.8%)
Median household income	$72,330 → $113,466 (+56.9%)	$45,268 → $42,550 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $230,900 (-22.2%)	$38,300 → $135,300 (+253.3%)

Fair Play

Population

474578

Median household income

$72,330$113,466

Median home value

$296,900$230,900

Newry

Population

191393

Median household income

$45,268$42,550

Median home value

$38,300$135,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	Newry
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	5.9%
45 to 54	19.2%	23.2%
55 to 64	24.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	36.6%
75 and over	8.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	Newry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	Newry
No high school diploma	9.5%	38.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	Newry
Drove alone	86.3%	51.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	48.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Play	Newry
1-unit, detached	67.7%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	Newry
Poverty rate	28.5%	28.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	42	—
Median year structure built	2000	1938