Fairmount vs Golden

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

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

Golden has the higher population (20,467 vs 10,521 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $95,913 in Golden). Golden has the higher median home value ($790,500 vs $772,600 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Golden
Population	10,521	20,467
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$163,785	$95,913
Median home value	$772,600	$790,500
Median gross rent	$2,505	$1,854
Housing units	3,816	8,108
Homeownership rate	91.3%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Golden
Population	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)	20,693 → 20,467 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)	$72,349 → $95,913 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)	$522,200 → $790,500 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)	$1,386 → $1,854 (+33.8%)

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

Golden

Population

20,69320,467

Median household income

$72,349$95,913

Median home value

$522,200$790,500

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Golden
Under 5	6.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	20.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.0%
75 and over	5.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Golden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Golden
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	12.1%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Golden
Drove alone	63.6%	52.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.3%
Worked from home	25.2%	28.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Golden
1-unit, detached	97.9%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Golden
Poverty rate	2.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1984	1986