Fairmont City vs Washington Park

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

Fairmont City and Washington Park 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 1,728 in Washington Park). Fairmont City has the higher median household income ($43,333 vs $42,008 in Washington Park). Fairmont City has the higher median home value ($65,500 vs $43,200 in Washington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
Population	2,354	1,728
Median age	40.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$42,008
Median home value	$65,500	$43,200
Median gross rent	$1,012	$875
Housing units	1,057	1,175
Homeownership rate	76.1%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
Population	2,298 → 2,354 (+2.4%)	3,941 → 1,728 (-56.2%)
Median household income	$39,107 → $43,333 (+10.8%)	$21,821 → $42,008 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $65,500 (+2.7%)	$45,500 → $43,200 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,012 (+23.7%)	$835 → $875 (+4.8%)

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

Washington Park

Population

3,9411,728

Median household income

$21,821$42,008

Median home value

$45,500$43,200

Median gross rent

$835$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	3.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.1%
75 and over	9.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	6.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	77.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.8%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
No high school diploma	36.5%	21.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
Drove alone	75.6%	90.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	88.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont City	Washington Park
Poverty rate	27.6%	37.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1954	1959