Fairmount vs Sale Creek

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

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

Sale Creek has the higher population (2,775 vs 1,932 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($133,232 vs $60,109 in Sale Creek). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $300,900 in Sale Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
Population	1,932	2,775
Median age	45.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$133,232	$60,109
Median home value	$482,700	$300,900
Median gross rent	$1,443	$1,086
Housing units	757	1,040
Homeownership rate	90.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
Population	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)	2,781 → 2,775 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)	$56,333 → $60,109 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)	$154,300 → $300,900 (+95.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)	$805 → $1,086 (+34.9%)

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

Sale Creek

Population

2,7812,775

Median household income

$56,333$60,109

Median home value

$154,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$805$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
Under 5	7.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.9%	18.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.3%
75 and over	8.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
No high school diploma	6.8%	15.8%
High school graduate	16.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
Drove alone	73.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	6.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
1-unit, detached	97.9%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Sale Creek
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1984	1992