Fairmount vs Fithian

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

Fairmount and Fithian 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 546 in Fithian). Fithian has the higher median household income ($77,292 vs $63,393 in Fairmount). Fithian has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $95,900 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Fithian
Population	610	546
Median age	40.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$77,292
Median home value	$95,900	$114,000
Median gross rent	$735	$1,031
Housing units	254	218
Homeownership rate	76.5%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Fithian
Population	648 → 610 (-5.9%)	431 → 546 (+26.7%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)	$53,438 → $77,292 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)	$88,400 → $114,000 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$675 → $1,031 (+52.7%)

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Fithian

Population

431546

Median household income

$53,438$77,292

Median home value

$88,400$114,000

Median gross rent

$675$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Fithian
Under 5	4.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	22.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.2%
75 and over	9.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Fithian
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Fithian
No high school diploma	12.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	46.6%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Fithian
Drove alone	84.6%	96.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Fithian
1-unit, detached	81.5%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Fithian
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1960	1957