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Fairburn, GA
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Living in Fairburn



Fairburn is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 16,956 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Fairburn is the 69th largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fairburn, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fairburn, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fairburn’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fairburn does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $58,741.00.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Fairburn has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Fairburn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The education level of Fairburn citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.30% of adults in Fairburn have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fairburn in 2018 was $24,224, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,896 for a family of four. However, Fairburn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fairburn is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairburn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairburn residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Fairburn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairburn include German, Irish, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, African, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fairburn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.