Fairburn is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 16,956 people and four associated neighborhoods, Fairburn is the 69th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Fairburn was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fairburn economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fairburn, where the median household income is $67,245.00.Fairburn is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fairburn is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairburn who work in the sciences (9.24%), office and administrative support (9.02%), and business and financial occupations (8.84%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.93% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.02% of adults in Fairburn have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Fairburn in 2022 was $29,859, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,436 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 12.41% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairburn include Iraqi, German, Irish, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and Haitian. The most common language spoken in Fairburn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
