Apison vs Fairmount

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

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

Apison has the higher population (4,397 vs 1,932 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($133,232 vs $104,741 in Apison). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $397,800 in Apison).

Population, income & housing

	Apison	Fairmount
Population	4,397	1,932
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,741	$133,232
Median home value	$397,800	$482,700
Median gross rent	$830	$1,443
Housing units	1,786	757
Homeownership rate	81.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apison	Fairmount
Population	2,723 → 4,397 (+61.5%)	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$54,671 → $104,741 (+91.6%)	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$251,200 → $397,800 (+58.4%)	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $830 (+12.8%)	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)

Apison

Population

2,7234,397

Median household income

$54,671$104,741

Median home value

$251,200$397,800

Median gross rent

$736$830

Fairmount

Population

2,2451,932

Median household income

$96,545$133,232

Median home value

$380,200$482,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apison	Fairmount
Under 5	7.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	3.8%	3.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	24.9%	17.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.0%
75 and over	3.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apison	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apison	Fairmount
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apison	Fairmount
Drove alone	75.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	21.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apison	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	91.7%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Apison	Fairmount
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1997	1984