Fairmount vs Sweetser

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

Fairmount and Sweetser 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 1,115 in Sweetser). Sweetser has the higher median household income ($77,578 vs $45,163 in Fairmount). Sweetser has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $96,700 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Sweetser
Population	2,575	1,115
Median age	35.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$77,578
Median home value	$96,700	$136,300
Median gross rent	$827	$1,080
Housing units	1,125	466
Homeownership rate	67.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Sweetser
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	1,292 → 1,115 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$58,426 → $77,578 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$98,400 → $136,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$697 → $1,080 (+54.9%)

Fairmount

Population

2,7732,575

Median household income

$44,688$45,163

Median home value

$84,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$542$827

Sweetser

Population

1,2921,115

Median household income

$58,426$77,578

Median home value

$98,400$136,300

Median gross rent

$697$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Sweetser
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Sweetser
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Sweetser
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	50.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Sweetser
Drove alone	83.9%	88.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Sweetser
1-unit, detached	87.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Sweetser
Poverty rate	22.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1950	1967