Fairmont vs Geneva

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

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

Geneva has the higher population (2,214 vs 584 in Fairmont). Geneva has the higher median household income ($79,750 vs $67,404 in Fairmont). Geneva has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $65,000 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Geneva
Population	584	2,214
Median age	61.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,404	$79,750
Median home value	$65,000	$156,900
Median gross rent	$627	$731
Housing units	297	1,008
Homeownership rate	80.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Geneva
Population	700 → 584 (-16.6%)	2,071 → 2,214 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $67,404 (+29.2%)	$58,854 → $79,750 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $65,000 (+8.3%)	$77,900 → $156,900 (+101.4%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $627 (+23.4%)	$581 → $731 (+25.8%)

Fairmont

Population

700584

Median household income

$52,159$67,404

Median home value

$60,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$508$627

Geneva

Population

2,0712,214

Median household income

$58,854$79,750

Median home value

$77,900$156,900

Median gross rent

$581$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Geneva
Under 5	5.3%	8.5%
5 to 17	8.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	24.7%	11.8%
75 and over	17.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Geneva
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	53.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Geneva
Drove alone	80.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.5%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Geneva
1-unit, detached	80.5%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Geneva
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1944	1965