Fairmount, Colorado

Fairmount is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Fairmount CDP was 9,324 at the United States Census 2020.

History Fairmount has never had its own post office. The Golden, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 80403) serves the area.

Geography Fairmount is bordered to the north by Arvada, to the east by Wheat Ridge, to the south by unincorporated Applewood, and to the west by Golden and undeveloped land on North Table Mountain.

The southeast corner of the Fairmount CDP touches Interstate 70, which leads east into Denver.

At the 2020 United States Census, the Fairmount CDP had an area of , including of water.

Demographics The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Fairmount had a population of 9,324. The median age was 44.5 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.4% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 102.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.9 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,482 households in Fairmount, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 67.9% were married-couple households, 13.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 14.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 3,548 housing units, of which 1.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 4.3%.

+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census Race Number Percent White 8,165 87.6% Black or African American 34 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native 31 0.3% Asian 217 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 4 0.0% Some other race 159 1.7% Two or more races 714 7.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 635 6.8% Education Fairmount is served by the Jefferson County Public Schools.

Fairmount, Colorado

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