De Witt vs Fairmount

A side-by-side comparison of De Witt and Fairmount: population, income, housing, and more.

De Witt and Fairmount are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

De Witt has the higher population (10,815 vs 9,998 in Fairmount). De Witt has the higher median household income ($120,539 vs $82,968 in Fairmount). De Witt has the higher median home value ($271,700 vs $173,400 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Fairmount
Population	10,815	9,998
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$120,539	$82,968
Median home value	$271,700	$173,400
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,226
Housing units	4,352	4,491
Homeownership rate	72.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Fairmount
Population	10,503 → 10,815 (+3.0%)	10,092 → 9,998 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$81,713 → $120,539 (+47.5%)	$69,875 → $82,968 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $271,700 (+37.3%)	$130,400 → $173,400 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,106 (+0.6%)	$1,062 → $1,226 (+15.4%)

De Witt

Population

10,50310,815

Median household income

$81,713$120,539

Median home value

$197,900$271,700

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,106

Fairmount

Population

10,0929,998

Median household income

$69,875$82,968

Median home value

$130,400$173,400

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Witt	Fairmount
Under 5	4.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.1%
75 and over	10.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	11.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	8.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Fairmount
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Fairmount
Drove alone	73.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	5.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	9.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	70.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	10.5%
20 or more units	9.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Fairmount
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1964	1961