Bismarck vs Fairmount

A side-by-side comparison of Bismarck and Fairmount: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairmount has the higher population (610 vs 510 in Bismarck). Bismarck has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $63,393 in Fairmount). Bismarck has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $95,900 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Fairmount
Population	510	610
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$63,393
Median home value	$110,300	$95,900
Median gross rent	$817	$735
Housing units	223	254
Homeownership rate	86.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Fairmount
Population	616 → 510 (-17.2%)	648 → 610 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $76,875 (+17.1%)	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $110,300 (+15.4%)	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $817 (+8.9%)	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)

Bismarck

Population

616510

Median household income

$65,625$76,875

Median home value

$95,600$110,300

Median gross rent

$750$817

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Fairmount
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.4%
75 and over	8.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Fairmount
No high school diploma	1.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	19.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	57.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Fairmount
Drove alone	87.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	95.5%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Fairmount
Poverty rate	10.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1970	1960