Fairmount vs Potomac

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

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

Potomac has the higher population (612 vs 610 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $52,404 in Potomac). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $79,600 in Potomac).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Potomac
Population	610	612
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$52,404
Median home value	$95,900	$79,600
Median gross rent	$735	$742
Housing units	254	278
Homeownership rate	76.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Potomac
Population	648 → 610 (-5.9%)	804 → 612 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)	$50,341 → $52,404 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)	$76,400 → $79,600 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$641 → $742 (+15.8%)

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Potomac

Population

804612

Median household income

$50,341$52,404

Median home value

$76,400$79,600

Median gross rent

$641$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Potomac
Under 5	4.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.3%
75 and over	9.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Potomac
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Potomac
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	46.6%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Potomac
Drove alone	84.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Potomac
1-unit, detached	81.5%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Potomac
Poverty rate	13.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1960	1959