Fair Play vs Salem

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

Fair Play and Salem 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 208 in Salem). Fair Play has the higher median household income ($113,466 vs $63,750 in Salem). Fair Play has the higher median home value ($230,900 vs $154,800 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	Salem
Population	578	208
Median age	51.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,466	$63,750
Median home value	$230,900	$154,800
Housing units	384	113
Homeownership rate	98.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	Salem
Population	474 → 578 (+21.9%)	132 → 208 (+57.6%)
Median household income	$72,330 → $113,466 (+56.9%)	$60,417 → $63,750 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $230,900 (-22.2%)	$122,500 → $154,800 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$875 → $950 (+8.6%)

Fair Play

Population

474578

Median household income

$72,330$113,466

Median home value

$296,900$230,900

Salem

Population

132208

Median household income

$60,417$63,750

Median home value

$122,500$154,800

Median gross rent

$875$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	Salem
Under 5	7.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	19.2%	17.8%
55 to 64	24.2%	23.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.3%
75 and over	8.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	Salem
No high school diploma	9.5%	18.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	Salem
Drove alone	86.3%	96.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Play	Salem
1-unit, detached	67.7%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	Salem
Poverty rate	28.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	42	25
Median year structure built	2000	1977