Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,110.
Fairmount’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and health; its weakest is a C for cost of living. Fairmount’s median household income is $137,000, above both the Tennessee town median ($61,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). On health, just 9 of Tennessee’s 291 towns do better. Only 29 of Tennessee’s 292 towns score lower on the outdoors. Conner Toll House (Additional Documentation) is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fairmount has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Fairmount beats most towns.
2,825 counted in 2010 and 2,193 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Fairmount is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2026 and 6 maps from 1936 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fairmount. Close and well known come first.
12 mi WaterfallRuby Falls
23 mi MountainLookout Mountain
9 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee Aquarium36 mi CaveEllison's Cave
5 mi National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park972K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumTennessee Valley Railroad MuseumRuby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: TVSRR at English Wikipedia. Photo by Jason Trew /TVSRR, Public domain
Fairmount is unincorporated, so Hamilton 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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Fairmount.
15% of adults get no exercise outside work in Fairmount, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 28% and U.S. towns at 25%. 11% of adults smoke cigarettes in Fairmount. Fairmount beats the Tennessee average on 22 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Fairmount | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fairmount | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.5% | 16.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.1% | 14.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Fairmount for work: only 1% work in town. 3.7% of Fairmount residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Fairmount has added 37 jobs, to 134 in 2023.
| Fairmount | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 12% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Only 4 of the 178 Tennessee towns we compare have a lower July high than Fairmount. Fairmount has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Fairmount
About 2 of every 100 Fairmount residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Where Fairmount’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
CDP in Tennessee, United States
Fairmount is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2020 census, down from 2,825 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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3 towns share a border with Fairmount.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount | — | — | C | — | B | A |
| Signal Mountain | #2 | A | C− | A | B | A+ |
| Walden | — | — | C− | — | B | A |
| Lone Oak | — | — | A | — | C | D |
Fairmount, Walden and Lone Oak have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fairmount, Walden and Lone Oak report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fairmount with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
