Bowdon vs Fairfield Plantation

A side-by-side comparison of Bowdon and Fairfield Plantation: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowdon and Fairfield Plantation are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfield Plantation has the higher population (6,231 vs 2,284 in Bowdon). Fairfield Plantation has the higher median household income ($97,133 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Fairfield Plantation has the higher median home value ($293,100 vs $172,700 in Bowdon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
Population	2,284	6,231
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$97,133
Median home value	$172,700	$293,100
Median gross rent	$822	$1,652
Housing units	1,072	2,270
Homeownership rate	52.4%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	5,416 → 6,231 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$86,281 → $97,133 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$213,100 → $293,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$1,127 → $1,652 (+46.6%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Fairfield Plantation

Population

5,4166,231

Median household income

$86,281$97,133

Median home value

$213,100$293,100

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	24.8%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	5.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.5%
75 and over	7.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	75.6%
Black or African American	12.7%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
No high school diploma	26.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
Drove alone	82.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
1-unit, detached	63.1%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Fairfield Plantation
Poverty rate	27.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1976	1993