Demographics of Fairburn city, Georgia

Fairburn city, Georgia had 17,133 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +592 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fairburn city, in four figures

17,133
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 16,831 ±25.; +3.6%
Change since July 2020: +592 people.; 35.6 ±2.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $91,897 ±$9,388
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fairburn city, Georgia's population grew 3.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fairburn city, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Fairburn city, Georgia's population grew 3.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fairburn city, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	16,541	100.0	100.0
2021	16,601	100.4	100.2
2022	16,947	102.5	100.7
2023	16,693	100.9	101.6
2024	17,234	104.2	102.5
2025	17,133	103.6	103.1

Population of Fairburn city, Georgia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	16,541	—
2021	16,601	+60
2022	16,947	+346
2023	16,693	−254
2024	17,234	+541
2025	17,133	−101

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.6 ±2.7: for men 33.0 ±4.5 and for women 38.1 ±2.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fairburn city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	1,989 ±808	11.8% ±4.8	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,644 ±658	15.7% ±3.9	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	920 ±420	5.5% ±2.5	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,197 ±832	30.9% ±4.9	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,551 ±701	27.0% ±4.2	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,530 ±340	9.1% ±2.0	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $91,897 ±$9,388, and income per person $37,135 ±$5,068, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,353 ±$407 in Georgia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Fairburn city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	679 ±327	11.2% ±5.3	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	786 ±268	12.9% ±4.2	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	945 ±319	15.5% ±5.0	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,049 ±387	17.2% ±6.1	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,422 ±479	23.4% ±7.5	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	822 ±326	13.5% ±5.2	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	379 ±170	6.2% ±2.7	11.9% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Fairburn city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	1,021 to 4,821	6.1% to 28.8%	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	439 to 2,865	11.7% to 59.7%	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	872 ±393	8.8% ±3.7	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	126 to 668	6.4% to 30.7%	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Fairburn city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fairburn city	Georgia	United States
Housing units	6,479 ±608	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.9% ±3.7	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.1% ±2.4	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.2% ±5.2	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.8% ±7.9	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$271,800 ±$19,439	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,479 ±$122	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2004 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Fairburn city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,230 ±526	7.3% ±3.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	1,254 ±405	7.5% ±2.4	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	13,915 ±790	82.7% ±4.7	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 82	0% to 0.5%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 677	0% to 4.0%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	8 to 162	< 0.1% to 1.0%	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Fairburn city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	9,203 ±1,064	54.7% ±6.3	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,731 ±971	34.1% ±5.8	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	148 to 614	0.9% to 3.6%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,516 ±495	9.0% ±2.9	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,074 ±367	6.4% ±2.2	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	214 to 670	1.3% to 4.0%	5.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Fairburn city among the places of Georgia

75th of 167 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Places of Georgia near Fairburn city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Buford city	17,997 ±51
North Druid Hills CDP	17,997 ±1,380
Tifton city	17,210 ±27
Grovetown city	17,014 ±28
Lithia Springs CDP	16,875 ±1,516
Fairburn city	16,831 ±25
Milledgeville city	16,748 ±45
St. Simons CDP	16,228 ±875
Dublin city	16,136 ±29
Americus city	15,813 ±26
Monroe city	15,648 ±23

Rankings this appears in

No. 17 Places in Georgia by median household income
No. 23 Places in Georgia by median age
No. 27 Places in Georgia by homeownership rate
No. 32 Places in Georgia by per capita income
No. 38 Places in Georgia by median rent
No. 40 Places in Georgia by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026