Fairbanks vs Merom

A side-by-side comparison of Fairbanks and Merom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairbanks has the higher population (324 vs 292 in Merom). Fairbanks has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $37,115 in Merom). Since 2019, Merom's population has grown faster (+51.3% vs -1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbanks	Merom
Population	324	292
Median age	26.7 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,273	$37,115
Median home value	—	$57,700
Housing units	84	117
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	29.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbanks	Merom
Population	329 → 324 (-1.5%)	193 → 292 (+51.3%)
Median household income	$96,563 → $87,273 (-9.6%)	$43,750 → $37,115 (-15.2%)
Median home value	—	$50,000 → $57,700 (+15.4%)

Fairbanks

Population

329324

Median household income

$96,563$87,273

Merom

Population

193292

Median household income

$43,750$37,115

Median home value

$50,000$57,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbanks	Merom
Under 5	9.9%	14.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	32.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	42.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.4%
75 and over	0.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbanks	Merom
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	20.7%	0.0%
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	0.0%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbanks	Merom
No high school diploma	0.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	58.5%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbanks	Merom
Drove alone	38.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	45.3%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	16.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbanks	Merom
1-unit, detached	73.8%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairbanks	Merom
Poverty rate	20.7%	24.0%
Average household size	3.86	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1993	1949