Fairmont vs Milligan

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

Fairmont and Milligan 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 284 in Milligan). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($67,404 vs $55,000 in Milligan). Milligan has the higher median home value ($83,800 vs $65,000 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Milligan
Population	584	284
Median age	61.5 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,404	$55,000
Median home value	$65,000	$83,800
Median gross rent	$627	$688
Housing units	297	186
Homeownership rate	80.1%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Milligan
Population	700 → 584 (-16.6%)	278 → 284 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $67,404 (+29.2%)	$42,841 → $55,000 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $65,000 (+8.3%)	$43,600 → $83,800 (+92.2%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $627 (+23.4%)	$575 → $688 (+19.7%)

Fairmont

Population

700584

Median household income

$52,159$67,404

Median home value

$60,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$508$627

Milligan

Population

278284

Median household income

$42,841$55,000

Median home value

$43,600$83,800

Median gross rent

$575$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Milligan
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	8.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	29.6%
65 to 74	24.7%	6.7%
75 and over	17.6%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Milligan
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Milligan
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	53.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Milligan
Drove alone	80.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.8%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Milligan
1-unit, detached	80.5%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Milligan
Poverty rate	12.8%	5.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1944	1938