Edgewater vs Fairmount

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

Edgewater 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 4,955 in Edgewater). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $74,320 in Edgewater). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $603,400 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Fairmount
Population	4,955	10,521
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,320	$163,785
Median home value	$603,400	$772,600
Median gross rent	$1,468	$2,505
Housing units	2,466	3,816
Homeownership rate	39.2%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Fairmount
Population	5,328 → 4,955 (-7.0%)	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$56,028 → $74,320 (+32.6%)	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$408,500 → $603,400 (+47.7%)	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,468 (+23.2%)	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)

Edgewater

Population

5,3284,955

Median household income

$56,028$74,320

Median home value

$408,500$603,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,468

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)

	Edgewater	Fairmount
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	34.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	20.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.3%
75 and over	1.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Fairmount
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	22.8%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Fairmount
Drove alone	68.7%	63.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.1%
Public transit	5.3%	1.2%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.3%	25.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	52.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.2%	0.4%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Fairmount
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1959	1984