Fairmount vs Lidgerwood

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

Fairmount and Lidgerwood are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lidgerwood has the higher population (673 vs 316 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $49,750 in Lidgerwood). Lidgerwood has the higher median home value ($81,100 vs $79,300 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
Population	316	673
Median age	39.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$49,750
Median home value	$79,300	$81,100
Median gross rent	$567	$697
Housing units	191	403
Homeownership rate	89.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
Population	321 → 316 (-1.6%)	587 → 673 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$50,278 → $55,313 (+10.0%)	$39,375 → $49,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $79,300 (+36.3%)	$46,300 → $81,100 (+75.2%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $567 (+22.5%)	$477 → $697 (+46.1%)

Fairmount

Population

321316

Median household income

$50,278$55,313

Median home value

$58,200$79,300

Median gross rent

$463$567

Lidgerwood

Population

587673

Median household income

$39,375$49,750

Median home value

$46,300$81,100

Median gross rent

$477$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
Under 5	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.4%
75 and over	11.7%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	78.0%
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	9.2%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
Drove alone	69.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	19.1%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	11.3%
Other means	6.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
1-unit, detached	87.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Lidgerwood
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1955	1961