Dakota Ridge vs Fairmount

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

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

Dakota Ridge has the higher population (34,159 vs 10,521 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $120,368 in Dakota Ridge). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $570,400 in Dakota Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
Population	34,159	10,521
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,368	$163,785
Median home value	$570,400	$772,600
Median gross rent	$2,103	$2,505
Housing units	13,488	3,816
Homeownership rate	82.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
Population	34,659 → 34,159 (-1.4%)	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$100,438 → $120,368 (+19.8%)	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$373,400 → $570,400 (+52.8%)	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,626 → $2,103 (+29.3%)	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)

Dakota Ridge

Population

34,65934,159

Median household income

$100,438$120,368

Median home value

$373,400$570,400

Median gross rent

$1,626$2,103

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)

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
Under 5	4.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.3%
75 and over	4.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	18.3%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
Drove alone	70.5%	63.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.3%	25.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	81.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Dakota Ridge	Fairmount
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1988	1984