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Fairmont, MN

10,296 Population
15 square miles 686.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,825 ±$4,068 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: $37,332 ±$2,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,084 ±$3,861 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: $59,507 ±$3,542
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±4.8% (1,557  ±490) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 13.1% † 2,564 (±2.7% / ±517)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.1 minutes ±1.3 (58,385  ±7,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 16.9 144,760 (±0.7 / ±8,194)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,884 ±219 Number of households
  • the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 8,839 ±250
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (10,066  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 2.2 19,400 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±2.4% (84  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 5.4% † 198 (±1.6% / ±60)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,285 ±161 Number of housing units
  • the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 9,729 ±69
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,900 ±$14,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: $163,500 ±$7,281
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±2.5% (952  ±251.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 9.8% † 1,920 (±1.5% / ±299.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±7.5% (7,157  ±593) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 95.2% 13,328 (±4.4% / ±619)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% ±3.7% (1,930  ±280.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 23.8% 3,329 (±2.1% / ±288.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±0.8% (243  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 2.5% 489
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±2.2% (801  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, MN Micro Area: 8.9% † 1,358 (±1.1% / ±170)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
801 Total veterans ±175 770 Male ±174 31 Female ±32

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