Fairmont City vs Smithton

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

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

Smithton has the higher population (3,512 vs 2,354 in Fairmont City). Smithton has the higher median household income ($114,453 vs $43,333 in Fairmont City). Smithton has the higher median home value ($251,600 vs $65,500 in Fairmont City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont City	Smithton
Population	2,354	3,512
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$114,453
Median home value	$65,500	$251,600
Median gross rent	$1,012	$857
Housing units	1,057	1,418
Homeownership rate	76.1%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont City	Smithton
Population	2,298 → 2,354 (+2.4%)	3,996 → 3,512 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$39,107 → $43,333 (+10.8%)	$78,073 → $114,453 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $65,500 (+2.7%)	$170,900 → $251,600 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,012 (+23.7%)	$748 → $857 (+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

Smithton

Population

3,9963,512

Median household income

$78,073$114,453

Median home value

$170,900$251,600

Median gross rent

$748$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont City	Smithton
Under 5	5.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	20.0%
75 and over	9.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont City	Smithton
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	97.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont City	Smithton
No high school diploma	36.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont City	Smithton
Drove alone	75.6%	84.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont City	Smithton
1-unit, detached	88.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont City	Smithton
Poverty rate	27.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	36
Median year structure built	1954	1997