Fairmount vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (27,384 vs 2,575 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($45,163 vs $43,349 in Marion). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $83,200 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Marion
Population	2,575	27,384
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$43,349
Median home value	$96,700	$83,200
Median gross rent	$827	$760
Housing units	1,125	12,906
Homeownership rate	67.5%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Marion
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	27,956 → 27,384 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$32,977 → $43,349 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$67,800 → $83,200 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$673 → $760 (+12.9%)

Fairmount

Population

2,7732,575

Median household income

$44,688$45,163

Median home value

$84,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$542$827

Marion

Population

27,95627,384

Median household income

$32,977$43,349

Median home value

$67,800$83,200

Median gross rent

$673$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Marion
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	18.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.7%
75 and over	5.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Marion
No high school diploma	10.0%	14.9%
High school graduate	50.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Marion
Drove alone	83.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	8.3%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Marion
1-unit, detached	87.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Marion
Poverty rate	22.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1950	1958