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. Fairburn has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fairburn, where the median household income is $67,245.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fairburn is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.93% 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 citizens of Fairburn are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.
