Brooklyn vs Fairmont City

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn and Fairmont City: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooklyn and Fairmont City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairmont City has the higher population (2,354 vs 811 in Brooklyn). Fairmont City has the higher median household income ($43,333 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). Fairmont City has the higher median home value ($65,500 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
Population	811	2,354
Median age	29.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$43,333
Median home value	$37,200	$65,500
Median gross rent	$950	$1,012
Housing units	366	1,057
Homeownership rate	46.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	2,298 → 2,354 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$39,107 → $43,333 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$63,800 → $65,500 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$818 → $1,012 (+23.7%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

Fairmont City

Population

2,2982,354

Median household income

$39,107$43,333

Median home value

$63,800$65,500

Median gross rent

$818$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
Under 5	14.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	26.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	4.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.3%
75 and over	3.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	19.0%
Black or African American	94.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	70.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
No high school diploma	4.1%	36.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
Drove alone	64.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	21.3%	11.3%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
1-unit, detached	55.2%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Fairmont City
Poverty rate	35.0%	27.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1965	1954