Fair Play vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (2,244 vs 578 in Fair Play). Fair Play has the higher median household income ($113,466 vs $38,393 in Westminster). Fair Play has the higher median home value ($230,900 vs $175,600 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	Westminster
Population	578	2,244
Median age	51.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,466	$38,393
Median home value	$230,900	$175,600
Median gross rent	—	$583
Housing units	384	1,220
Homeownership rate	98.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	Westminster
Population	474 → 578 (+21.9%)	2,536 → 2,244 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$72,330 → $113,466 (+56.9%)	$31,500 → $38,393 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $230,900 (-22.2%)	$94,800 → $175,600 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $583 (-7.9%)

Fair Play

Population

474578

Median household income

$72,330$113,466

Median home value

$296,900$230,900

Westminster

Population

2,5362,244

Median household income

$31,500$38,393

Median home value

$94,800$175,600

Median gross rent

$633$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	Westminster
Under 5	7.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	4.9%
45 to 54	19.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	24.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.7%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	Westminster
No high school diploma	9.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	Westminster
Drove alone	86.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Play	Westminster
1-unit, detached	67.7%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	Westminster
Poverty rate	28.5%	23.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	42	23
Median year structure built	2000	1971