Fairmont vs Willowbrook

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

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

Willowbrook has the higher population (2,432 vs 2,409 in Fairmont). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $59,244 in Fairmont). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $147,400 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
Population	2,409	2,432
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,244	$87,188
Median home value	$147,400	$275,700
Median gross rent	$1,372	—
Housing units	969	747
Homeownership rate	63.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
Population	2,699 → 2,409 (-10.7%)	2,001 → 2,432 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$47,031 → $59,244 (+26.0%)	$81,658 → $87,188 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)	$258,400 → $275,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,372 (+21.7%)	—

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

Willowbrook

Population

2,0012,432

Median household income

$81,658$87,188

Median home value

$258,400$275,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	20.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.9%
75 and over	5.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	21.4%	11.0%
Black or African American	25.9%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	20.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
Drove alone	70.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	24.2%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	20.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	17.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.95	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1958	1978