Evergreen vs Fairmount

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

Evergreen 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 8,643 in Evergreen). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $148,665 in Evergreen). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $745,500 in Evergreen).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen	Fairmount
Population	8,643	10,521
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$148,665	$163,785
Median home value	$745,500	$772,600
Median gross rent	$1,955	$2,505
Housing units	3,938	3,816
Homeownership rate	87.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen	Fairmount
Population	8,885 → 8,643 (-2.7%)	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$116,594 → $148,665 (+27.5%)	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$484,500 → $745,500 (+53.9%)	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,905 → $1,955 (+2.6%)	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)

Evergreen

Population

8,8858,643

Median household income

$116,594$148,665

Median home value

$484,500$745,500

Median gross rent

$1,905$1,955

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)

	Evergreen	Fairmount
Under 5	3.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.3%
75 and over	8.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen	Fairmount
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	8.8%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen	Fairmount
Drove alone	61.3%	63.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	27.6%	25.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	87.6%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen	Fairmount
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1977	1984