Fairmount vs Genesee

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

Fairmount and Genesee 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 3,826 in Genesee). Genesee has the higher median household income ($172,692 vs $163,785 in Fairmount). Genesee has the higher median home value ($994,700 vs $772,600 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Genesee
Population	10,521	3,826
Median age	43.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$163,785	$172,692
Median home value	$772,600	$994,700
Median gross rent	$2,505	$2,797
Housing units	3,816	1,589
Homeownership rate	91.3%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Genesee
Population	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)	3,910 → 3,826 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)	$169,063 → $172,692 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)	$734,300 → $994,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)	$2,778 → $2,797 (+0.7%)

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

Genesee

Population

3,9103,826

Median household income

$169,063$172,692

Median home value

$734,300$994,700

Median gross rent

$2,778$2,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Genesee
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	3.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	21.5%
75 and over	5.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Genesee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Genesee
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	12.1%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	38.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Genesee
Drove alone	63.6%	60.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.5%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	32.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Genesee
1-unit, detached	97.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Genesee
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1984	1987