Fairmont vs Truman

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

Fairmont and Truman 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 1,223 in Truman). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($59,228 vs $59,095 in Truman). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $100,200 in Truman).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Truman
Population	10,348	1,223
Median age	46.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,228	$59,095
Median home value	$168,800	$100,200
Median gross rent	$717	$942
Housing units	5,112	615
Homeownership rate	65.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Truman
Population	10,127 → 10,348 (+2.2%)	1,068 → 1,223 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$47,876 → $59,228 (+23.7%)	$51,083 → $59,095 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)	$78,000 → $100,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $717 (+15.5%)	$614 → $942 (+53.4%)

Fairmont

Population

10,12710,348

Median household income

$47,876$59,228

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$621$717

Truman

Population

1,0681,223

Median household income

$51,083$59,095

Median home value

$78,000$100,200

Median gross rent

$614$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Truman
Under 5	4.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.1%
75 and over	11.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Truman
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	92.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Truman
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Truman
Drove alone	82.0%	87.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Truman
1-unit, detached	67.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	12.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Truman
Poverty rate	12.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1963	1954