Fairport vs Montpelier

A side-by-side comparison of Fairport and Montpelier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montpelier has the higher population (228 vs 200 in Fairport). Montpelier has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $219,700 in Fairport). Since 2019, Montpelier's population has grown faster (+45.2% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairport	Montpelier
Population	200	228
Median age	70.4 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,186
Median home value	$219,700	$253,500
Housing units	163	112
Homeownership rate	91.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairport	Montpelier
Population	268 → 200 (-25.4%)	157 → 228 (+45.2%)
Median household income	—	$54,408 → $69,186 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$192,900 → $219,700 (+13.9%)	$68,000 → $253,500 (+272.8%)

Fairport

Population

268200

Median home value

$192,900$219,700

Montpelier

Population

157228

Median household income

$54,408$69,186

Median home value

$68,000$253,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairport	Montpelier
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	47.8%
65 to 74	23.5%	15.8%
75 and over	41.0%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairport	Montpelier
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairport	Montpelier
No high school diploma	19.9%	24.8%
High school graduate	50.6%	56.2%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairport	Montpelier
Drove alone	100.0%	58.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	41.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairport	Montpelier
1-unit, detached	65.0%	100.0%
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	35.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairport	Montpelier
Poverty rate	35.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.04
Median year structure built	1981	1938