Cost of living in Fairmont City, Illinois
Fairmont City, Illinois has about 2,492 people. Typical rent is $1,084 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $48,147 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,084 a month.
Fairmont City is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $48,147 a year.
- People
- 2,492
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,084
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $48,147
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $71,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Fairmont City, Illinois has about 2,492 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $71,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in St. Clair County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Fairmont City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, prices sit at 95.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Illinois taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Fairmont City's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Illinois home paid 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Fairmont City's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Illinois in the table we use.
Among 648 places we list in Illinois with a rent figure, 308 have higher typical rent than Fairmont City.
Nearby places
- Washington Park
Typical rent $864
Compare with Fairmont City - East St. Louis
Typical rent $847
Compare with Fairmont City - Madison
Typical rent $1,014
Compare with Fairmont City - Caseyville
Typical rent $1,122
Compare with Fairmont City - Venice
Typical rent $1,015
Compare with Fairmont City - Collinsville
Typical rent $1,038
Compare with Fairmont City - Pontoon Beach
Typical rent $1,277
Compare with Fairmont City - Granite City
Typical rent $834
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Illinois
Bigger places in Illinois
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.