Fairmont vs Shickley

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

Fairmont and Shickley 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 376 in Shickley). Shickley has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $67,404 in Fairmont). Shickley has the higher median home value ($158,500 vs $65,000 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Shickley
Population	584	376
Median age	61.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,404	$78,125
Median home value	$65,000	$158,500
Median gross rent	$627	$883
Housing units	297	162
Homeownership rate	80.1%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Shickley
Population	700 → 584 (-16.6%)	260 → 376 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $67,404 (+29.2%)	$49,583 → $78,125 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $65,000 (+8.3%)	$84,600 → $158,500 (+87.4%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $627 (+23.4%)	$617 → $883 (+43.1%)

Fairmont

Population

700584

Median household income

$52,159$67,404

Median home value

$60,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$508$627

Shickley

Population

260376

Median household income

$49,583$78,125

Median home value

$84,600$158,500

Median gross rent

$617$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Shickley
Under 5	5.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	8.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	24.7%	14.1%
75 and over	17.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Shickley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	88.6%
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	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Shickley
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	53.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Shickley
Drove alone	80.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	14.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.7%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Shickley
1-unit, detached	80.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Shickley
Poverty rate	12.8%	15.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1944	1952