Fairmont vs Grafton

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

Fairmont and Grafton 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 146 in Grafton). Grafton has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $67,404 in Fairmont). Grafton has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $65,000 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Grafton
Population	584	146
Median age	61.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,404	$73,750
Median home value	$65,000	$108,300
Median gross rent	$627	—
Housing units	297	77
Homeownership rate	80.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Grafton
Population	700 → 584 (-16.6%)	142 → 146 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $67,404 (+29.2%)	$60,000 → $73,750 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $65,000 (+8.3%)	$75,800 → $108,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $627 (+23.4%)	—

Fairmont

Population

700584

Median household income

$52,159$67,404

Median home value

$60,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$508$627

Grafton

Population

142146

Median household income

$60,000$73,750

Median home value

$75,800$108,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Grafton
Under 5	5.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	26.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	24.7%	8.9%
75 and over	17.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Grafton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Grafton
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	53.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Grafton
Drove alone	80.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.6%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Grafton
1-unit, detached	80.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Grafton
Poverty rate	12.8%	16.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1944	1964