Fairmount vs Ken Caryl

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

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

Ken Caryl has the higher population (33,407 vs 10,521 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $116,838 in Ken Caryl). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $565,700 in Ken Caryl).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
Population	10,521	33,407
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$163,785	$116,838
Median home value	$772,600	$565,700
Median gross rent	$2,505	$1,950
Housing units	3,816	13,844
Homeownership rate	91.3%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
Population	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)	34,040 → 33,407 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)	$93,856 → $116,838 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)	$370,600 → $565,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)	$1,552 → $1,950 (+25.6%)

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

Ken Caryl

Population

34,04033,407

Median household income

$93,856$116,838

Median home value

$370,600$565,700

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.0%
75 and over	5.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	12.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
Drove alone	63.6%	65.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.0%
Public transit	1.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.2%
Worked from home	25.2%	23.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
1-unit, detached	97.9%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Ken Caryl
Poverty rate	2.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1984	1987