Fairmount vs Swayzee

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

Fairmount and Swayzee 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 872 in Swayzee). Swayzee has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $45,163 in Fairmount). Swayzee has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $96,700 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Swayzee
Population	2,575	872
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$66,250
Median home value	$96,700	$118,800
Median gross rent	$827	$957
Housing units	1,125	460
Homeownership rate	67.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Swayzee
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	946 → 872 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$52,727 → $66,250 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$88,900 → $118,800 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$848 → $957 (+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

Swayzee

Population

946872

Median household income

$52,727$66,250

Median home value

$88,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$848$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Swayzee
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.0%
75 and over	5.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Swayzee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.9%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Swayzee
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	50.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Swayzee
Drove alone	83.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Swayzee
1-unit, detached	87.7%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Swayzee
Poverty rate	22.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1950	1966