Fairforest vs Mayo

A side-by-side comparison of Fairforest and Mayo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mayo has the higher population (1,963 vs 1,711 in Fairforest). Fairforest has the higher median household income ($60,199 vs $47,384 in Mayo). Fairforest has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $159,200 in Mayo).

Population, income & housing

	Fairforest	Mayo
Population	1,711	1,963
Median age	43.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,199	$47,384
Median home value	$176,000	$159,200
Median gross rent	$696	$591
Housing units	728	901
Homeownership rate	78.8%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairforest	Mayo
Population	1,539 → 1,711 (+11.2%)	1,469 → 1,963 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$43,298 → $60,199 (+39.0%)	$53,375 → $47,384 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$49,400 → $176,000 (+256.3%)	$70,300 → $159,200 (+126.5%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $696 (-9.6%)	—

Fairforest

Population

1,5391,711

Median household income

$43,298$60,199

Median home value

$49,400$176,000

Median gross rent

$770$696

Mayo

Population

1,4691,963

Median household income

$53,375$47,384

Median home value

$70,300$159,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairforest	Mayo
Under 5	0.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	18.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	20.7%	18.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.5%
75 and over	2.1%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairforest	Mayo
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	96.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairforest	Mayo
No high school diploma	28.2%	26.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairforest	Mayo
Drove alone	67.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	31.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.1%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairforest	Mayo
1-unit, detached	57.0%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairforest	Mayo
Poverty rate	22.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1980	1975