Fairmount vs Gas City

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmount and Gas City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairmount and Gas City are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gas City has the higher population (6,097 vs 2,575 in Fairmount). Gas City has the higher median household income ($57,106 vs $45,163 in Fairmount). Gas City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $96,700 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Gas City
Population	2,575	6,097
Median age	35.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$57,106
Median home value	$96,700	$122,800
Median gross rent	$827	$858
Housing units	1,125	2,781
Homeownership rate	67.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Gas City
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	5,802 → 6,097 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$42,454 → $57,106 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$88,600 → $122,800 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$826 → $858 (+3.9%)

Fairmount

Population

2,7732,575

Median household income

$44,688$45,163

Median home value

$84,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$542$827

Gas City

Population

5,8026,097

Median household income

$42,454$57,106

Median home value

$88,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$826$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Gas City
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Gas City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Gas City
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	50.9%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Gas City
Drove alone	83.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Gas City
1-unit, detached	87.7%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Gas City
Poverty rate	22.4%	17.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1950	1962