Fairmount vs Van Buren

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

Fairmount and Van Buren 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 858 in Van Buren). Van Buren has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $45,163 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $65,600 in Van Buren).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Van Buren
Population	2,575	858
Median age	35.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$49,000
Median home value	$96,700	$65,600
Median gross rent	$827	$763
Housing units	1,125	434
Homeownership rate	67.5%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Van Buren
Population	2,773 → 2,575 (-7.1%)	889 → 858 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $45,163 (+1.1%)	$45,865 → $49,000 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $96,700 (+14.7%)	$63,200 → $65,600 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $827 (+52.6%)	$838 → $763 (-8.9%)

Fairmount

Population

2,7732,575

Median household income

$44,688$45,163

Median home value

$84,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$542$827

Van Buren

Population

889858

Median household income

$45,865$49,000

Median home value

$63,200$65,600

Median gross rent

$838$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Van Buren
Under 5	6.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	24.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.5%
75 and over	5.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
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%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Van Buren
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	50.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Van Buren
Drove alone	83.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	15.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	87.7%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Van Buren
Poverty rate	22.4%	20.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1950	1951