Fairmount vs Solvay

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

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

Fairmount has the higher population (9,998 vs 6,590 in Solvay). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($82,968 vs $58,944 in Solvay). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $140,600 in Solvay).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Solvay
Population	9,998	6,590
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,968	$58,944
Median home value	$173,400	$140,600
Median gross rent	$1,226	$875
Housing units	4,491	3,316
Homeownership rate	80.2%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Solvay
Population	10,092 → 9,998 (-0.9%)	6,323 → 6,590 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$69,875 → $82,968 (+18.7%)	$49,926 → $58,944 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $173,400 (+33.0%)	$113,800 → $140,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,226 (+15.4%)	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)

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

Solvay

Population

6,3236,590

Median household income

$49,926$58,944

Median home value

$113,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$792$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Solvay
Under 5	8.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.9%
75 and over	10.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Solvay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Solvay
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Solvay
Drove alone	79.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	14.0%
Public transit	1.3%	4.8%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.3%
Other means	1.2%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Solvay
1-unit, detached	82.9%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	11.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Solvay
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1961	1946