Carrollton vs Fairfield Plantation

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

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

Carrollton has the higher population (27,058 vs 6,231 in Fairfield Plantation). Fairfield Plantation has the higher median household income ($97,133 vs $51,553 in Carrollton). Fairfield Plantation has the higher median home value ($293,100 vs $283,100 in Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
Population	27,058	6,231
Median age	27.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,553	$97,133
Median home value	$283,100	$293,100
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,652
Housing units	10,708	2,270
Homeownership rate	39.0%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
Population	26,570 → 27,058 (+1.8%)	5,416 → 6,231 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$42,942 → $51,553 (+20.1%)	$86,281 → $97,133 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $283,100 (+82.3%)	$213,100 → $293,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,067 (+26.3%)	$1,127 → $1,652 (+46.6%)

Carrollton

Population

26,57027,058

Median household income

$42,942$51,553

Median home value

$155,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$845$1,067

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)

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
Under 5	7.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	24.8%
18 to 24	22.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	17.4%
55 to 64	6.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.5%
75 and over	4.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	75.6%
Black or African American	36.9%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
No high school diploma	12.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
Drove alone	70.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
1-unit, detached	47.6%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Fairfield Plantation
Poverty rate	27.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1988	1993