Fairmount vs West Pleasant View

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmount and West Pleasant View: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairmount and West Pleasant View 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 5,221 in West Pleasant View). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $89,352 in West Pleasant View). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $454,000 in West Pleasant View).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
Population	10,521	5,221
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$163,785	$89,352
Median home value	$772,600	$454,000
Median gross rent	$2,505	$1,795
Housing units	3,816	1,817
Homeownership rate	91.3%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
Population	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)	5,173 → 5,221 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)	$71,563 → $89,352 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)	$288,700 → $454,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)	$1,194 → $1,795 (+50.3%)

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

West Pleasant View

Population

5,1735,221

Median household income

$71,563$89,352

Median home value

$288,700$454,000

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
Under 5	6.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	12.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	22.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.1%
75 and over	5.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	69.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	12.1%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
Drove alone	63.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	25.2%	15.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
1-unit, detached	97.9%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	West Pleasant View
Poverty rate	2.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1984	1975