Fairmount vs Ridgeside

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

Fairmount and Ridgeside 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 907 in Ridgeside). Ridgeside has the higher median household income ($177,500 vs $133,232 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $473,900 in Ridgeside).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
Population	1,932	907
Median age	45.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,232	$177,500
Median home value	$482,700	$473,900
Median gross rent	$1,443	—
Housing units	757	264
Homeownership rate	90.8%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
Population	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)	756 → 907 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)	$128,295 → $177,500 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)	$311,400 → $473,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)	$1,177 → $2,202 (+87.1%)

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

Ridgeside

Population

756907

Median household income

$128,295$177,500

Median home value

$311,400$473,900

Median gross rent

$1,177$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
Under 5	7.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	26.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	3.5%	0.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	19.8%
45 to 54	17.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.9%
75 and over	8.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.7%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
Drove alone	73.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	21.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
1-unit, detached	97.9%	97.3%
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%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Ridgeside
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.64	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1984	1942