Fairmount vs Upland

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

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

Upland has the higher population (3,935 vs 2,575 in Fairmount). Upland has the higher median household income ($74,663 vs $45,163 in Fairmount). Upland has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $96,700 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Upland
Population	2,575	3,935
Median age	35.1 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$74,663
Median home value	$96,700	$170,800
Median gross rent	$827	$800
Housing units	1,125	1,095
Homeownership rate	67.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Upland
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	3,733 → 3,935 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$56,364 → $74,663 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$128,300 → $170,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$611 → $800 (+30.9%)

Fairmount

Population

2,7732,575

Median household income

$44,688$45,163

Median home value

$84,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$542$827

Upland

Population

3,7333,935

Median household income

$56,364$74,663

Median home value

$128,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$611$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Upland
Under 5	6.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	38.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	7.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.6%
75 and over	5.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Upland
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	50.9%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Upland
Drove alone	83.9%	54.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	22.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Upland
1-unit, detached	87.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Upland
Poverty rate	22.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1950	1973