Fair Play vs Utica

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

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

Utica has the higher population (1,529 vs 578 in Fair Play). Fair Play has the higher median home value ($230,900 vs $135,300 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	Utica
Population	578	1,529
Median age	51.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,466	—
Median home value	$230,900	$135,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	384	883
Homeownership rate	98.3%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	Utica
Population	474 → 578 (+21.9%)	1,257 → 1,529 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$72,330 → $113,466 (+56.9%)	$38,958 → $58,958 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $230,900 (-22.2%)	$47,900 → $135,300 (+182.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$869 → $1,116 (+28.4%)

Fair Play

Population

474578

Median household income

$72,330$113,466

Median home value

$296,900$230,900

Utica

Population

1,2571,529

Median household income

$38,958$58,958

Median home value

$47,900$135,300

Median gross rent

$869$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	Utica
Under 5	7.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	26.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	20.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	19.2%	17.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	6.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.0%
75 and over	8.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	36.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	2.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	Utica
No high school diploma	9.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	Utica
Drove alone	86.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Play	Utica
1-unit, detached	67.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	Utica
Poverty rate	28.5%	17.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	42	27
Median year structure built	2000	1978