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Fairburn, GA

16,831 Population
16.9 square miles 998.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,135 ±$5,068 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $46,309 ±$239
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,897 ±$9,388 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $89,724 ±$630
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±11.4% (2,921  ±1,900) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 675,593 (±0.2% / ±13,321)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.9 minutes ±6.8 (228,470  ±29,116) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.1 76,506,050 (±0.2 / ±575,684)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,082 ±620 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,313,055 ±5,155
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (16,724  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,170,998 (±0 / ±747)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±4.2% (304  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5% 79,078 (±0.2% / ±2,916)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,479 ±608 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,497,322 ±696
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$271,800 ±$19,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $367,600 ±$1,259
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±3% (1,210  ±484) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.1% 808,708 (±0.2% / ±13,610.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±5.4% (10,179  ±1,107.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 91% 3,834,568 (±0.4% / ±18,007.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.5% ±5.6% (4,340  ±748.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 42.2% 1,776,753 (±0.3% / ±11,460.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9% ±2.9% (1,516  ±495) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 15.2% 950,509
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2% (846  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.2% 297,591 (±0.1% / ±5,117)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
846 Total veterans ±256 743 Male ±224 103 Female ±94

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