Cost of Living in Fairmont
Fairmont's cost of living runs genuinely affordable across housing, rent, and property taxes alike, relative to national medians.
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Learn moreAffordable housing across cited sources
Fairmont's cited home-price figures ranged approximately $164,000-$182,891 -- meaningfully below the national median regardless of which specific citation is used.
Below-national property taxes
Fairmont's effective property tax rate (~0.74%) runs below the 1.02% national median, per Ownwell's Marion County citation.
Genuinely low rent
Cited average rent ran approximately $1,000/month, consistent with the city's broader affordability profile.
Key takeaways
- Fairmont's housing runs genuinely below national medians across every cited source.
- Fairmont's effective property tax rate (~0.74%) runs below the national median.
- Average rent ran approximately $1,000/month per the source reviewed this pass.
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