Ceylon vs Fairmont

A side-by-side comparison of Ceylon and Fairmont: population, income, housing, and more.

Ceylon and Fairmont are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairmont has the higher population (10,348 vs 255 in Ceylon). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($59,228 vs $32,206 in Ceylon). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $36,800 in Ceylon).

Population, income & housing

	Ceylon	Fairmont
Population	255	10,348
Median age	39.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,206	$59,228
Median home value	$36,800	$168,800
Median gross rent	$579	$717
Housing units	165	5,112
Homeownership rate	82.9%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceylon	Fairmont
Population	332 → 255 (-23.2%)	10,127 → 10,348 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $32,206 (-24.2%)	$47,876 → $59,228 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$34,100 → $36,800 (+7.9%)	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $579 (+0.2%)	$621 → $717 (+15.5%)

Ceylon

Population

332255

Median household income

$42,500$32,206

Median home value

$34,100$36,800

Median gross rent

$578$579

Fairmont

Population

10,12710,348

Median household income

$47,876$59,228

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$621$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceylon	Fairmont
Under 5	2.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	13.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.5%
75 and over	12.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceylon	Fairmont
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceylon	Fairmont
No high school diploma	15.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	38.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceylon	Fairmont
Drove alone	82.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceylon	Fairmont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ceylon	Fairmont
Poverty rate	9.5%	12.4%
Average household size	1.82	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1940	1963