Fairmont vs Ingalls Park

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmont and Ingalls Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ingalls Park has the higher population (2,970 vs 2,409 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($59,244 vs $55,268 in Ingalls Park). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $143,800 in Ingalls Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
Population	2,409	2,970
Median age	31.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,244	$55,268
Median home value	$147,400	$143,800
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,321
Housing units	969	1,229
Homeownership rate	63.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
Population	2,699 → 2,409 (-10.7%)	3,171 → 2,970 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$47,031 → $59,244 (+26.0%)	$46,091 → $55,268 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)	$104,700 → $143,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,372 (+21.7%)	$942 → $1,321 (+40.2%)

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

Ingalls Park

Population

3,1712,970

Median household income

$46,091$55,268

Median home value

$104,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$942$1,321

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	21.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.7%
75 and over	5.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
White (non-Hispanic)	21.4%	53.7%
Black or African American	25.9%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
No high school diploma	20.5%	12.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
Drove alone	70.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	24.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.9%
Other means	0.7%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
1-unit, detached	91.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Ingalls Park
Poverty rate	17.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1958	1952