Applewood vs Fairmount

A side-by-side comparison of Applewood and Fairmount: population, income, housing, and more.

Applewood and Fairmount are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairmount has the higher population (10,521 vs 8,120 in Applewood). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $128,988 in Applewood). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $725,300 in Applewood).

Population, income & housing

	Applewood	Fairmount
Population	8,120	10,521
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$128,988	$163,785
Median home value	$725,300	$772,600
Median gross rent	$2,142	$2,505
Housing units	3,537	3,816
Homeownership rate	77.2%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applewood	Fairmount
Population	8,081 → 8,120 (+0.5%)	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$106,962 → $128,988 (+20.6%)	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$494,600 → $725,300 (+46.6%)	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,611 → $2,142 (+33.0%)	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)

Applewood

Population

8,0818,120

Median household income

$106,962$128,988

Median home value

$494,600$725,300

Median gross rent

$1,611$2,142

Fairmount

Population

8,60610,521

Median household income

$111,148$163,785

Median home value

$516,700$772,600

Median gross rent

$1,472$2,505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applewood	Fairmount
Under 5	5.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applewood	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applewood	Fairmount
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	10.2%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applewood	Fairmount
Drove alone	66.2%	63.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	25.9%	25.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applewood	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	72.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Applewood	Fairmount
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1970	1984