Fairmont vs Sherburn

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

Fairmont and Sherburn 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 946 in Sherburn). Sherburn has the higher median household income ($63,026 vs $59,228 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $97,900 in Sherburn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Sherburn
Population	10,348	946
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,228	$63,026
Median home value	$168,800	$97,900
Median gross rent	$717	$734
Housing units	5,112	419
Homeownership rate	65.8%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Sherburn
Population	10,127 → 10,348 (+2.2%)	1,033 → 946 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$47,876 → $59,228 (+23.7%)	$52,857 → $63,026 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)	$73,900 → $97,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $717 (+15.5%)	$701 → $734 (+4.7%)

Fairmont

Population

10,12710,348

Median household income

$47,876$59,228

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$621$717

Sherburn

Population

1,033946

Median household income

$52,857$63,026

Median home value

$73,900$97,900

Median gross rent

$701$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Sherburn
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.1%
75 and over	11.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Sherburn
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Sherburn
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Sherburn
Drove alone	82.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	3.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Sherburn
1-unit, detached	67.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	12.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Sherburn
Poverty rate	12.4%	18.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1963	1954