Fairmount is home to 2,662 people in Indiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 11% of adults. The typical home is worth $103,200, having more than doubled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 33.4. The poverty rate is 25.7%, above the 12.5% national rate. 0% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,739, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Fairmount
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.8% → 25.7%(+15.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
White share99.3% → 94.6%(−4.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population3,130 → 2,662(−15%)US over the same years: +35%
Fairmount's population equals 4.0% of Grant County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 2.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)4.5%(5)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)4.5%(5)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era73.6%(81)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10%(11)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 110 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Fairmount, decade by decade
Fairmount population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,130
$57,765
$86,402
4.4%
1.7
2000
2,992
$61,650
$102,013
7.7%
4.9
2010
2,954
$57,826
$104,153
10.1%
5.3
2020
2,682
$50,226
$107,387
5.7%
18.5
2024
2,662
$51,739
$103,200
11.1%
13.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
