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Fairmont city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Fairmont city is a Census city of 18,221 people across 8.60 square miles of land, in Marion County. Median household income is $63,032, 63.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 47 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.3 m.
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Fairmont
What Fairmont is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.6 sq mi
- Water area0.38 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,118
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarion County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
How many people live in Fairmont
- Population18,221
- Median age34.9
- Population under 183,253
- Share under 1817.9 percent
- Population 65 and over2,918
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent
- Households8,017
- Family households4,181
- Share of households that are families52.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
Income and work in Fairmont
- Median household income$63,032
- Per capita income$34,306
- Civilian labor force9,940
- Employed9,275
- Unemployed665 plus or minus 213
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over12,296
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
Housing in Fairmont
- Housing units9,006
- Occupied units8,017
- Vacant units989 plus or minus 245
- Vacancy rate11.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Owner occupied5,062
- Renter occupied2,955
- Ownership rate63.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$916
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units6,590
- Share single family73.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,239
- Share in buildings of two or more24.9 percent
- Mobile homes177 plus or minus 90
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
How Fairmont gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,070
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,454
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,653
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.9 percent
- Drove alone70.9 percent
- Carpooled10.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home12.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
SBA 7(a) lending to Fairmont borrowers
- Approvals47
- Gross approval$20,288,000
- Average approval$431,660
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,912,000
- Largest approval$4,115,000
- Jobs supported357
- Jobs per approval7.6
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full17
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.9 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fairmont
SBA 504 lending to Fairmont borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$438,000
- Average approval$438,000
- Median approval$438,000
- Largest approval$438,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Marion County, not Fairmont
Marion County context, not Fairmont figures
These are Marion County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairmont measurements.
- Establishments in Marion County1,114
- Employment at those establishments, Marion County14,249
- Covered employment, Marion County17,617
- Average annual pay, Marion County$54,020
- Average weekly wage, Marion County$1,039
- Housing units permitted, Marion County6
- Of those, single family, Marion County6
- County product, 2024, Marion County$3,048,466,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marion County7.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marion County$50,702
Every figure in this section is published for Marion County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairmont. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fairmont questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairmont, West Virginia?
18,221, in 8,017 households. Fairmont city covers 8.60 square miles of land, which is 2,118 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairmont in?
Marion County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fairmont?
$63,032. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,800. Median gross rent is $916 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fairmont businesses?
47 7(a) approvals totalling $20.3 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $438,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fairmont, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fairmont borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 17 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Fairmont figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marion County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fairmont.
Is zoning published for Fairmont?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.