Fairmount vs Walden

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

Fairmount and Walden 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 1,762 in Walden). Walden has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $133,232 in Fairmount). Walden has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $482,700 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Walden
Population	1,932	1,762
Median age	45.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,232	$135,000
Median home value	$482,700	$600,900
Median gross rent	$1,443	$1,514
Housing units	757	750
Homeownership rate	90.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Walden
Population	2,245 → 1,932 (-13.9%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$96,545 → $133,232 (+38.0%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$380,200 → $482,700 (+27.0%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,443 (+35.7%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

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

Walden

Population

1,9481,762

Median household income

$100,750$135,000

Median home value

$412,900$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Walden
Under 5	7.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	19.9%
45 to 54	17.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.5%
75 and over	8.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Walden
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	16.7%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Walden
Drove alone	73.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	13.6%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Walden
1-unit, detached	97.9%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Walden
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1984	1982