Fairmount is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Fairmount, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
Fairmount in 100 households: 79 owners (IL: 67)
9 in 100 workers work from home, against 16 across IL. From 2010 to 2020 the population changed by −5%. In all, about 592 people live in Fairmount (2025 Census estimate). A bachelor’s degree or more: 14 in every 100 adults 25 and older.
Median age 43.9 (IL 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.9 points. Among residents 75 and older, 68% are men (IL 41%).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 26 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Fairmount says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Fairmount
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Fairmount’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Fairmount or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Fairmount in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.