Columbine vs Fairmount

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

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

Columbine has the higher population (25,681 vs 10,521 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $129,480 in Columbine). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $590,600 in Columbine).

Population, income & housing

	Columbine	Fairmount
Population	25,681	10,521
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,480	$163,785
Median home value	$590,600	$772,600
Median gross rent	$2,391	$2,505
Housing units	9,849	3,816
Homeownership rate	90.1%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbine	Fairmount
Population	25,332 → 25,681 (+1.4%)	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$101,731 → $129,480 (+27.3%)	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$402,700 → $590,600 (+46.7%)	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,871 → $2,391 (+27.8%)	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)

Columbine

Population

25,33225,681

Median household income

$101,731$129,480

Median home value

$402,700$590,600

Median gross rent

$1,871$2,391

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)

	Columbine	Fairmount
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbine	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbine	Fairmount
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	16.9%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbine	Fairmount
Drove alone	71.0%	63.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.4%	25.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbine	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	79.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Columbine	Fairmount
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1976	1984