Fairmount vs Mowbray Mountain

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

Fairmount and Mowbray 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 1,797 in Mowbray Mountain). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($133,232 vs $96,607 in Mowbray Mountain). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $365,600 in Mowbray Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
Population	1,932	1,797
Median age	45.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,232	$96,607
Median home value	$482,700	$365,600
Median gross rent	$1,443	$861
Housing units	757	770
Homeownership rate	90.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
Population	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)	1,961 → 1,797 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)	$65,139 → $96,607 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)	$215,000 → $365,600 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)	$581 → $861 (+48.2%)

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

Mowbray Mountain

Population

1,9611,797

Median household income

$65,139$96,607

Median home value

$215,000$365,600

Median gross rent

$581$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
Under 5	7.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	24.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.0%
75 and over	8.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	16.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
Drove alone	73.5%	87.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	7.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
1-unit, detached	97.9%	78.4%
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%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Mowbray Mountain
Poverty rate	3.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1984	1991