Fairmont City vs Marissa

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

Fairmont City and Marissa 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 1,133 in Marissa). Marissa has the higher median household income ($48,393 vs $43,333 in Fairmont City). Marissa has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $65,500 in Fairmont City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont City	Marissa
Population	2,354	1,133
Median age	40.9 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$48,393
Median home value	$65,500	$87,000
Median gross rent	$1,012	$572
Housing units	1,057	725
Homeownership rate	76.1%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont City	Marissa
Population	2,298 → 2,354 (+2.4%)	1,410 → 1,133 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$39,107 → $43,333 (+10.8%)	$40,216 → $48,393 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $65,500 (+2.7%)	$79,500 → $87,000 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,012 (+23.7%)	$670 → $572 (-14.6%)

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

Marissa

Population

1,4101,133

Median household income

$40,216$48,393

Median home value

$79,500$87,000

Median gross rent

$670$572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont City	Marissa
Under 5	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.7%
75 and over	9.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont City	Marissa
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	81.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	14.4%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont City	Marissa
No high school diploma	36.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont City	Marissa
Drove alone	75.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont City	Marissa
1-unit, detached	88.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont City	Marissa
Poverty rate	27.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.68	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1954	1958