Fairmont vs Ridgewood

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

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

Ridgewood has the higher population (2,997 vs 2,409 in Fairmont). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($96,334 vs $59,244 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $142,400 in Ridgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
Population	2,409	2,997
Median age	31.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,244	$96,334
Median home value	$147,400	$142,400
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,455
Housing units	969	946
Homeownership rate	63.0%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
Population	2,699 → 2,409 (-10.7%)	3,089 → 2,997 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$47,031 → $59,244 (+26.0%)	$53,953 → $96,334 (+78.6%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)	$102,800 → $142,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,372 (+21.7%)	$1,103 → $1,455 (+31.9%)

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

Ridgewood

Population

3,0892,997

Median household income

$53,953$96,334

Median home value

$102,800$142,400

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
Under 5	4.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	25.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	19.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	19.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	2.9%
75 and over	5.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	21.4%	16.1%
Black or African American	25.9%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	68.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	20.5%	38.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
Drove alone	70.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	24.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	91.3%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	17.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.95	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1958	1946