Fairmount vs Flat Top Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmount and Flat Top Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairmount has the higher population (1,932 vs 1,052 in Flat Top Mountain). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($133,232 vs $118,766 in Flat Top Mountain). Flat Top Mountain has the higher median home value ($538,300 vs $482,700 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
Population	1,932	1,052
Median age	45.1 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$133,232	$118,766
Median home value	$482,700	$538,300
Median gross rent	$1,443	—
Housing units	757	303
Homeownership rate	90.8%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
Population	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)	338 → 1,052 (+211.2%)
Median household income	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)	$54,934 → $118,766 (+116.2%)
Median home value	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)	$190,300 → $538,300 (+182.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)	$833 → $1,167 (+40.1%)

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

Flat Top Mountain

Population

3381,052

Median household income

$54,934$118,766

Median home value

$190,300$538,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
Under 5	7.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	44.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	5.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	2.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.7%
75 and over	8.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.8%
High school graduate	16.7%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
Drove alone	73.5%	94.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
1-unit, detached	97.9%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	2.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Flat Top Mountain
Poverty rate	3.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.64	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1984	2003