Fairmount vs Ridge Farm

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

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

Ridge Farm has the higher population (887 vs 610 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $50,833 in Ridge Farm). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $73,000 in Ridge Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
Population	610	887
Median age	40.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$50,833
Median home value	$95,900	$73,000
Median gross rent	$735	$695
Housing units	254	399
Homeownership rate	76.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
Population	648 → 610 (-5.9%)	940 → 887 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)	$50,375 → $50,833 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)	$63,700 → $73,000 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$709 → $695 (-2.0%)

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Ridge Farm

Population

940887

Median household income

$50,375$50,833

Median home value

$63,700$73,000

Median gross rent

$709$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
Under 5	4.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	46.6%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
Drove alone	84.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
1-unit, detached	81.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Ridge Farm
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1960	1955