Fairbank vs Lamont

A side-by-side comparison of Fairbank and Lamont: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairbank and Lamont are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairbank has the higher population (1,509 vs 503 in Lamont). Fairbank has the higher median household income ($100,172 vs $56,250 in Lamont). Fairbank has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $91,700 in Lamont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbank	Lamont
Population	1,509	503
Median age	41.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,172	$56,250
Median home value	$173,200	$91,700
Median gross rent	$630	$836
Housing units	569	206
Homeownership rate	86.1%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbank	Lamont
Population	1,249 → 1,509 (+20.8%)	540 → 503 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $100,172 (+51.2%)	$48,333 → $56,250 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $173,200 (+23.8%)	$63,700 → $91,700 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $630 (-10.0%)	$646 → $836 (+29.4%)

Fairbank

Population

1,2491,509

Median household income

$66,250$100,172

Median home value

$139,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$700$630

Lamont

Population

540503

Median household income

$48,333$56,250

Median home value

$63,700$91,700

Median gross rent

$646$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbank	Lamont
Under 5	7.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.7%
75 and over	5.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbank	Lamont
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbank	Lamont
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbank	Lamont
Drove alone	83.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.1%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbank	Lamont
1-unit, detached	85.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairbank	Lamont
Poverty rate	2.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1971	1952