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A town of 1,528, settled in 1935.
The best of Fairmount Heights’ subject grades is an A+ for walkability; the weakest is a D for schools. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Fairmount Heights, above both Maryland’s towns (7%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On walkability, just 3 of Maryland’s 328 towns do better. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 88% of the country. Fairmount Heights's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns. Fairmont Heights Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fairmount Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Fairmount Heights beats most towns.
Where Fairmount Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Fairmount Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fairmount Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw6 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw6 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw8 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fairmount Heights, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Fairmount Heights.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
30% of Fairmount Heights adults say their health is fair or poor, above both the Maryland town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fairmount Heights. No town among the 262 in Maryland we compare has a higher share of adults who have obesity than Fairmount Heights.
| Fairmount Heights | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 17% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Fairmount Heights | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.4% | 14.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 36.9% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Fairmount Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The average trip to work in Fairmount Heights is 33 minutes. The top destinations are Washington (35%), Arlington (3%) and Baltimore (2%).
| Fairmount Heights | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fairmount Heights has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Fairmount Heights home is worth about $340,000, down 3.8% in a year, 20% below the Maryland typical home. 86% of Fairmount Heights households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fairmount Heights’ property crime rate is 48 per 1,000 residents. Among 56 Maryland towns, just 2 have a higher violent crime rate than Fairmount Heights. Fairmount Heights's reported crime rate is well above Maryland's.
| Fairmount Heights | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 48 per 1,000 residents | 13.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Fairmont Heights Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
32 within 15 miles of the center of Fairmount Heights
About 3 of every 100 Fairmount Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Town in Prince George's County, Maryland, US
Fairmount Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,528. The town was formally incorporated in 1935, making the town the second oldest African-American-majority municipality in Prince George's County. The town is composed of six subdivisions: Fairmount Heights (1900), Waterford (1907), Mount Weissner (1909), North Fairmount Heights (1910), West Fairmount Heights (1911) and Sylvan Vista (1923).
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2 towns share a border with Fairmount Heights.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Heights | — | — | C | — | D | D |
| Seat Pleasant | #243 | D | B+ | D | D | C |
| Cedar Heights | — | — | B− | — | D | D |
Fairmount Heights and Cedar Heights have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fairmount Heights and Cedar Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fairmount Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 2.7 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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