Fairmount vs Ooltewah

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

Fairmount and Ooltewah 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 489 in Ooltewah). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($133,232 vs $62,875 in Ooltewah). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $238,000 in Ooltewah).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
Population	1,932	489
Median age	45.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$133,232	$62,875
Median home value	$482,700	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,443	$1,456
Housing units	757	232
Homeownership rate	90.8%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
Population	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)	756 → 489 (-35.3%)
Median household income	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)	$60,114 → $62,875 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)	$142,400 → $238,000 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)	$912 → $1,456 (+59.6%)

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

Ooltewah

Population

756489

Median household income

$60,114$62,875

Median home value

$142,400$238,000

Median gross rent

$912$1,456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	2.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.3%
75 and over	8.9%	31.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.7%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
Drove alone	73.5%	59.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	23.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
1-unit, detached	97.9%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Ooltewah
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1984	1967