Exeter vs Fairmont

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

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

Fairmont has the higher population (584 vs 505 in Exeter). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($67,404 vs $63,000 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $65,000 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Fairmont
Population	505	584
Median age	56.9 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,000	$67,404
Median home value	$106,800	$65,000
Median gross rent	$954	$627
Housing units	310	297
Homeownership rate	78.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Fairmont
Population	558 → 505 (-9.5%)	700 → 584 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $63,000 (-0.5%)	$52,159 → $67,404 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $106,800 (+42.8%)	$60,000 → $65,000 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $954 (+52.6%)	$508 → $627 (+23.4%)

Exeter

Population

558505

Median household income

$63,333$63,000

Median home value

$74,800$106,800

Median gross rent

$625$954

Fairmont

Population

700584

Median household income

$52,159$67,404

Median home value

$60,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$508$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Fairmont
Under 5	2.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.5%	8.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	4.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.7%
55 to 64	30.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	24.7%
75 and over	11.3%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Fairmont
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.4%
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	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Fairmont
No high school diploma	13.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Fairmont
Drove alone	75.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.8%
Other means	3.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Fairmont
1-unit, detached	99.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Fairmont
Poverty rate	7.9%	12.8%
Average household size	1.82	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1958	1944