Fairmont vs Preston Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmont and Preston Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairmont and Preston Heights 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 2,318 in Preston Heights). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($59,244 vs $51,970 in Preston Heights). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $141,400 in Preston Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
Population	2,409	2,318
Median age	31.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,244	$51,970
Median home value	$147,400	$141,400
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,232
Housing units	969	1,025
Homeownership rate	63.0%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
Population	2,699 → 2,409 (-10.7%)	2,651 → 2,318 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$47,031 → $59,244 (+26.0%)	$49,196 → $51,970 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)	$99,900 → $141,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,372 (+21.7%)	$988 → $1,232 (+24.7%)

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

Preston Heights

Population

2,6512,318

Median household income

$49,196$51,970

Median home value

$99,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	12.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	21.4%	21.5%
Black or African American	25.9%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
No high school diploma	20.5%	20.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
Drove alone	70.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	24.2%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
1-unit, detached	91.3%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Preston Heights
Poverty rate	17.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1958	1966