Fair Play vs South Union

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

Fair Play and South Union 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 333 in South Union). Since 2019, Fair Play's population has grown faster (+21.9% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	South Union
Population	578	333
Median age	51.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,466	—
Median home value	$230,900	—
Housing units	384	88
Homeownership rate	98.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	South Union
Population	474 → 578 (+21.9%)	332 → 333 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$72,330 → $113,466 (+56.9%)	—
Median home value	$296,900 → $230,900 (-22.2%)	—

Fair Play

Population

474578

Median household income

$72,330$113,466

Median home value

$296,900$230,900

South Union

Population

332333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	South Union
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	19.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	21.3%
45 to 54	19.2%	4.8%
55 to 64	24.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	18.3%
75 and over	8.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	South Union
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	South Union
No high school diploma	9.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	South Union
Drove alone	86.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.9%
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	South Union
1-unit, detached	67.7%	40.9%
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%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	South Union
Poverty rate	28.5%	1.5%
Average household size	2.42	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	42	—
Median year structure built	2000	2003