FairmountNY
A town of 9,724, settled in 1845.
Is Fairmount a good place to live?
Fairmount’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Shove Park, at 24 acres. We don’t grade Fairmount yet; the figures below are still real.
95% of working residents leave Fairmount for work
Where Fairmount’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
JMA Wireless Dome and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fairmount. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
4 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
34 mi LakeCayuga Lake
5 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
5 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank Stadium
5 mi MuseumEverson Museum of ArtPhoto credits
JMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Everson Museum of Art: Crazyale, Public domain
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Moving to Fairmount: who provides what
Fairmount is unincorporated, so Onondaga 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 Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fairmount.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Fairmount
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Fairmount since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Fairmount’s working residents commute to Syracuse
Most working residents leave Fairmount for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Fairmount grew to 3,107 in 2023, 239 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Syracuse (32%), Camillus (9%) and DeWitt (9%).
| Fairmount | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Fairmount
Fairmount has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Fairmount’s July high is 80°F, close to New York’s towns (81°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Fairmount is
Fairmount beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 10% of adults smoke cigarettes in Fairmount.
| Fairmount | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fairmount | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like New York’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 41% of Fairmount adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Fairmount | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Fairmount | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.9% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.9% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.5% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
| Fairmount | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shove Park | — | 24 |
| 2. Bicentennial Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Scenic Hills | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
| Fairmount | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,341 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fairmount
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Fairmount
About 4 of every 100 Fairmount residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Fairmount
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Fairmount is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Onondaga County, New York, United States. Fairmount is a western suburb of Syracuse, located in the far southeastern corner of the town of Camillus. Its zip code is 13219 (Syracuse). It is located within the West Genesee Central School District. As of the 2020 census, Fairmount had a population of 10,248.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 492 ft
Fairmount’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Fairmount.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Solvay | #350 | B | B | — | C | B |
| Westvale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Camillus | #106 | A | C | B+ | B+ | A |
| Geddes | #308 | B | B | C+ | C | B+ |
Solvay reports no FBI crime data of its own. Fairmount and Westvale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fairmount with a neighbor →
Questions about Fairmount
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairmount, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Fairmount yet; the figures below are still real.
What is Fairmount, NY known for?
2 notable people were born here, including George Truesdell and John M. Dooley.