Crystal Lawns vs Fairmont

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Lawns and Fairmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairmont has the higher population (2,409 vs 1,965 in Crystal Lawns). Crystal Lawns has the higher median household income ($109,415 vs $59,244 in Fairmont). Crystal Lawns has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $147,400 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
Population	1,965	2,409
Median age	38.2 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,415	$59,244
Median home value	$234,600	$147,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,372
Housing units	761	969
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
Population	1,815 → 1,965 (+8.3%)	2,699 → 2,409 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$82,105 → $109,415 (+33.3%)	$47,031 → $59,244 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$166,600 → $234,600 (+40.8%)	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,671 (+23.0%)	$1,127 → $1,372 (+21.7%)

Crystal Lawns

Population

1,8151,965

Median household income

$82,105$109,415

Median home value

$166,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,671

Fairmont

Population

2,6992,409

Median household income

$47,031$59,244

Median home value

$105,300$147,400

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,372

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.0%
75 and over	6.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	21.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	51.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
Drove alone	87.7%	70.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	24.2%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lawns	Fairmont
Poverty rate	5.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1964	1958