Fairmount is a somewhat small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 5,474 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Fairmount is the 119th largest community in Indiana. Fairmount has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fairmount is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.1% of the Fairmount workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Fairmount is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairmount who work in sales jobs (10.94%), office and administrative support jobs (10.24%), and management occupations (5.59%).

Fairmount is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Fairmount, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.24% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Fairmount does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Fairmount Information and Demographics

The population of Fairmount has a very low overall level of education: only 9.18% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Fairmount in 2000 was $18,344, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,376 for a family of four.

The people who call Fairmount home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fairmount is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fairmount include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Fairmount is English.