Fairmount vs Jonesboro

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

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

Fairmount has the higher population (2,575 vs 1,571 in Jonesboro). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($45,163 vs $44,637 in Jonesboro). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $74,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
Population	2,575	1,571
Median age	35.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$44,637
Median home value	$96,700	$74,900
Median gross rent	$827	$917
Housing units	1,125	870
Homeownership rate	67.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	1,275 → 1,571 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$41,897 → $44,637 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$69,700 → $74,900 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$754 → $917 (+21.6%)

Fairmount

Population

2,7732,575

Median household income

$44,688$45,163

Median home value

$84,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$542$827

Jonesboro

Population

1,2751,571

Median household income

$41,897$44,637

Median home value

$69,700$74,900

Median gross rent

$754$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
Under 5	6.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	50.9%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
Drove alone	83.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	87.7%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	22.4%	17.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1950	1953