Fairmont vs Monongah

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmont and Monongah: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairmont and Monongah are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairmont has the higher population (18,303 vs 944 in Monongah). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($60,791 vs $54,412 in Monongah). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $86,400 in Monongah).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Monongah
Population	18,303	944
Median age	34.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,791	$54,412
Median home value	$159,100	$86,400
Median gross rent	$902	$1,000
Housing units	8,952	495
Homeownership rate	61.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Monongah
Population	18,458 → 18,303 (-0.8%)	1,184 → 944 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$43,319 → $60,791 (+40.3%)	$46,429 → $54,412 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $159,100 (+43.5%)	$67,900 → $86,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $902 (+19.6%)	$770 → $1,000 (+29.9%)

Fairmont

Population

18,45818,303

Median household income

$43,319$60,791

Median home value

$110,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$754$902

Monongah

Population

1,184944

Median household income

$46,429$54,412

Median home value

$67,900$86,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Monongah
Under 5	5.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	16.0%	14.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	20.6%
75 and over	6.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Monongah
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Monongah
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Monongah
Drove alone	71.8%	67.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	16.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Monongah
1-unit, detached	71.4%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Monongah
Poverty rate	17.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1950	1938