COMPARING TWO PLACES
Dickens vs Fairmont
PLACE A
Dickens, Texas
VS
PLACE B
Fairmont, West Virginia
Dickens is 99% smaller than Fairmont. Fairmont earns more, with a median household income $23,487 higher. Fairmont has grown faster since 2000 (-2% vs -23%).
DICKENSFAIRMONTDIFFERENCE
Total population20618,035−99% vs Fairmont
Population density2152,097−1,882
Population growth-23.4%-1.5%−21.9 pts
Median age59.534.9+24.6
Male53.5%50.7%+2.8 pts
Female46.5%49.3%−2.8 pts
Foreign-born0.0%1.5%−1.5 pts
White, non-Hispanic73.5%83.9%−10.4 pts
Black4.1%6.0%−1.9 pts
Hispanic / Latino20.0%2.4%+17.6 pts
Asian0.0%1.0%−1.0 pts
Other2.4%6.7%−4.3 pts
Median household income$39,545$63,032−$23,487
Per capita income$26,941$34,306−$7,365
Poverty rate22.3%17.4%+4.9 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3970.421−0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher5.6%32.9%−27.3 pts
Graduate degree0.0%11.3%−11.3 pts
Unemployment rate3.3%6.7%−3.4 pts
Labor force participation38.2%65.3%−27.1 pts
Median home value$47,800$163,800−$116,000
Median gross rent$390$916−$526
Owner-occupied86.0%63.1%+22.9 pts
Housing vacancy rate36.3%11.0%+25.3 pts
Rent-burdened households41.7%39.9%+1.7 pts
Average commute34.522.8+11.7
Worked from home0.0%12.2%−12.2 pts
Public transit to work0.0%1.3%−1.3 pts
Uninsured14.3%7.9%+6.4 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025