Fairmount vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,246 vs 610 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $62,708 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $95,900 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Rossville
Population	610	1,246
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$62,708
Median home value	$95,900	$97,800
Median gross rent	$735	$780
Housing units	254	542
Homeownership rate	76.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Rossville
Population	648 → 610 (-5.9%)	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Rossville
Under 5	4.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.9%
75 and over	9.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Rossville
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	46.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Rossville
Drove alone	84.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Rossville
1-unit, detached	81.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Rossville
Poverty rate	13.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1960	1948