Fairmont City vs New Athens

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

Fairmont City and New Athens 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 1,937 in New Athens). New Athens has the higher median household income ($61,477 vs $43,333 in Fairmont City). New Athens has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $65,500 in Fairmont City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont City	New Athens
Population	2,354	1,937
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$61,477
Median home value	$65,500	$118,100
Median gross rent	$1,012	$927
Housing units	1,057	914
Homeownership rate	76.1%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont City	New Athens
Population	2,298 → 2,354 (+2.4%)	2,147 → 1,937 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$39,107 → $43,333 (+10.8%)	$63,583 → $61,477 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $65,500 (+2.7%)	$108,900 → $118,100 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,012 (+23.7%)	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)

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

New Athens

Population

2,1471,937

Median household income

$63,583$61,477

Median home value

$108,900$118,100

Median gross rent

$769$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont City	New Athens
Under 5	5.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.0%
75 and over	9.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont City	New Athens
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont City	New Athens
No high school diploma	36.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont City	New Athens
Drove alone	75.6%	88.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont City	New Athens
1-unit, detached	88.1%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont City	New Athens
Poverty rate	27.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	34
Median year structure built	1954	1960