Fairmount vs Wahpeton

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

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

Wahpeton has the higher population (7,996 vs 316 in Fairmount). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($57,417 vs $55,313 in Fairmount). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $79,300 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
Population	316	7,996
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$57,417
Median home value	$79,300	$164,600
Median gross rent	$567	$753
Housing units	191	3,662
Homeownership rate	89.4%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
Population	321 → 316 (-1.6%)	7,802 → 7,996 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$50,278 → $55,313 (+10.0%)	$45,150 → $57,417 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $79,300 (+36.3%)	$123,300 → $164,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $567 (+22.5%)	$669 → $753 (+12.6%)

Fairmount

Population

321316

Median household income

$50,278$55,313

Median home value

$58,200$79,300

Median gross rent

$463$567

Wahpeton

Population

7,8027,996

Median household income

$45,150$57,417

Median home value

$123,300$164,600

Median gross rent

$669$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
Under 5	3.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	22.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	11.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
Drove alone	69.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	19.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.3%	6.7%
Other means	6.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	87.4%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	26.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	11.7%	16.6%
Average household size	2.09	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1955	1975