Fairmount vs Sidell

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

Fairmount and Sidell 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 447 in Sidell). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $61,250 in Sidell). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $73,600 in Sidell).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Sidell
Population	610	447
Median age	40.6 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$61,250
Median home value	$95,900	$73,600
Median gross rent	$735	$900
Housing units	254	209
Homeownership rate	76.5%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Sidell
Population	648 → 610 (-5.9%)	475 → 447 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)	$54,375 → $61,250 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)	$58,400 → $73,600 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$629 → $900 (+43.1%)

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Sidell

Population

475447

Median household income

$54,375$61,250

Median home value

$58,400$73,600

Median gross rent

$629$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Sidell
Under 5	4.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	22.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.0%
75 and over	9.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Sidell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Sidell
No high school diploma	12.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	46.6%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Sidell
Drove alone	84.6%	94.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Sidell
1-unit, detached	81.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Sidell
Poverty rate	13.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1960	1938