Fair Play vs Walhalla

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

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

Walhalla has the higher population (4,121 vs 578 in Fair Play). Fair Play has the higher median household income ($113,466 vs $42,696 in Walhalla). Fair Play has the higher median home value ($230,900 vs $176,500 in Walhalla).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	Walhalla
Population	578	4,121
Median age	51.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,466	$42,696
Median home value	$230,900	$176,500
Median gross rent	—	$640
Housing units	384	1,918
Homeownership rate	98.3%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	Walhalla
Population	474 → 578 (+21.9%)	4,370 → 4,121 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$72,330 → $113,466 (+56.9%)	$31,830 → $42,696 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $230,900 (-22.2%)	$104,600 → $176,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$618 → $640 (+3.6%)

Fair Play

Population

474578

Median household income

$72,330$113,466

Median home value

$296,900$230,900

Walhalla

Population

4,3704,121

Median household income

$31,830$42,696

Median home value

$104,600$176,500

Median gross rent

$618$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	Walhalla
Under 5	7.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	12.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	19.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	24.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	Walhalla
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	Walhalla
No high school diploma	9.5%	28.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	Walhalla
Drove alone	86.3%	60.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	34.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Play	Walhalla
1-unit, detached	67.7%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	Walhalla
Poverty rate	28.5%	43.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	2000	1976