Fairmount vs Oakwood

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

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

Oakwood has the higher population (1,243 vs 610 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $43,894 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $95,900 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Oakwood
Population	610	1,243
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$43,894
Median home value	$95,900	$98,300
Median gross rent	$735	$795
Housing units	254	638
Homeownership rate	76.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Oakwood
Population	648 → 610 (-5.9%)	1,636 → 1,243 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $63,393 (+21.2%)	$56,964 → $43,894 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)	$90,300 → $98,300 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	$704 → $795 (+12.9%)

Fairmount

Population

648610

Median household income

$52,292$63,393

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$588$735

Oakwood

Population

1,6361,243

Median household income

$56,964$43,894

Median home value

$90,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$704$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Oakwood
Under 5	4.6%	11.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.4%
75 and over	9.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Oakwood
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Oakwood
Drove alone	84.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	81.5%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Oakwood
Poverty rate	13.3%	26.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1960	1973