† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFairlandMarylandUnited States
African American†35.0%23.6%9.9%
Ethiopian7.6%0.7%—
African4.5%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican2.5%0.7%0.4%
Nigerian1.9%1.1%0.2%
Ghanaian1.6%0.3%—
Haitian1.6%0.3%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.6%0.2%—
Salvadoran5.6%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.3%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan1.3%1.2%0.5%
Honduran1.1%0.7%0.3%
Peruvian1.0%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.9%1.2%1.8%
Colombian0.8%0.4%0.4%
Dominican0.6%0.5%0.7%
German2.8%11.4%12.5%
Irish2.7%9.3%9.4%
English2.5%8.5%9.5%
Italian1.4%4.4%4.8%
American1.0%4.1%5.3%
Polish0.9%2.6%2.2%
Russian0.7%——
French0.5%1.1%1.6%
Asian Indian2.2%1.7%1.4%
Chinese2.2%1.3%1.3%
Korean1.0%0.8%0.4%
Filipino0.8%0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese0.7%0.4%0.6%
Pakistani0.3%0.3%—
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Nepalese0.2%0.2%—
Maya1.9%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fairland
Maryland
United States
Median age
38.5
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fairland
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$98,800
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fairland
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
44.5%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
14.3%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
8.3%
1.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
4.0%
2.5%
2.0%
Other languages
11.2%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fairland
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fairland, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+55.1%
2008
+63.9%
2012
+63.9%
2016
+69.9%
2020
+71.6%
2024
+61.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
79.2%Harris8,796
18.1%Trump2,008
2.8%
D+61.1
R+10.5
D+62.6
11,113
D
85.5%Biden9,319
13.9%Trump1,517
0.6%
D+71.6
D+1.6
D+67.1
10,904
D
82.5%Clinton7,099
12.6%Trump1,085
4.8%
D+69.9
D+6.0
D+67.8
8,600
D
80.9%Obama6,345
17.0%Romney1,336
2.0%
D+63.9
±0.0
D+60.0
7,840
D
81.5%Obama7,860
17.7%McCain1,702
0.8%
D+63.9
D+8.8
D+56.6
9,642
D
77.1%Kerry6,850
22.0%Bush1,957
0.9%
D+55.1
—
D+57.5
8,888
Fairland sits along the border of two of Maryland's most populous counties, with a population that is majority non-white and a demographic profile shaped by decades of suburban diversification in the Washington metro area.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.6 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.1 points.
A population of 26,231, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,800 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White Oak and Calverton.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fairland, Maryland voted Democratic by 61.1 points (D+61.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,113 votes cast, 8,796 went Democratic and 2,008 went Republican.
How many people live in Fairland, Maryland?
Fairland, Maryland has a population of 26,231 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairland, Maryland?
Median household income in Fairland, Maryland is $98,800 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Fairland, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fairland, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
