FairmontIL
Home to 2,617 people, this town lies in Illinois.
Is Fairmont a good place to live?
Overall, Fairmont earns a C+, which places it 547th of 767 in Illinois. Nationally, it does better than 38% of U.S. towns. The weak point is health — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 87% of the country. It does especially well on schools (B+): its schools rank ahead of 66% of Illinois towns. Homes run about $194K for a typical one, 2.1 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 29% of residents are under 18 here, above both the Illinois town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Its age of the median resident is 32.5 years, where Illinois’ towns sit at 40.7 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for incomes and B for walkability.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Fairmont stand out
Where Fairmont beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Fairmont for work
Where Fairmont’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fairmont grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Fairmont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 150 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fairmont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw29 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw31 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Fairmont: who provides what
Fairmont is unincorporated, so Will County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fairmont.
Fairmont has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond.
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, more of Fairmont’s adults sleep under 7 hours
15% of Fairmont adults have diabetes. Among 767 Illinois towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Fairmont. In Fairmont, 46% of adults have obesity, and 27% worry about having enough food. CDC measures, 32 in all: Fairmont beats Illinois on 1 and trails on 20.
| Fairmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Fairmont | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.4% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For cost of living, Fairmont earns a B−
At 2.1 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $194K) costs less against local pay than in 75% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
A typical home in Fairmont is worth about $194,000, down 0.9% in a year, 34% below the Illinois typical home. Its midpoint rent is $1,455 a month. Also worth knowing: 70% of households are owner-occupiers here.
| Fairmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,455 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A smaller share of working residents in Fairmont work locally than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Fairmont has 120 jobs for its 1,183 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away. Since 2013, Fairmont has lost 28 jobs, to 120 in 2023. The share of residents in Fairmont who live below the poverty line: 16%. The top destinations are Chicago (21%), Joliet (9%) and Romeoville (5%).
| Fairmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Fairmont: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Fairmont, 41% come from inland flooding and 31% from cold waves. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 73% of U.S. communities. 10 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1981.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Fairmont brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 17°, with about 17 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 2.9% of Fairmont
0.3 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. Fairmont’s density of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Fairmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. A F Hill Park | — | 19 |
| 2. Dellwood Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Fairmont
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Fairmont
About 4 of every 100 Fairmont residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Fairmont
Place in Illinois, United States
Fairmont is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,389 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 640 ft
Fairmont’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Fairmont.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont | #547 | C+ | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Lockport | #127 | A | C− | A− | A− | A− |
| Lockport Township | #412 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Joliet Township | #722 | D | C+ | — | C− | D |
| Joliet | #667 | C− | C+ | C | C− | C+ |
Fairmont, Lockport Township and Joliet Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fairmont with a neighbor →
Questions about Fairmont
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairmont, IL a good place to live?
Fairmont grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #547 of 767 in Illinois. It grades D for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Fairmont, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.