Fairfield Plantation vs Whitesburg

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

Fairfield Plantation and Whitesburg 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 439 in Whitesburg). Fairfield Plantation has the higher median household income ($97,133 vs $64,861 in Whitesburg). Fairfield Plantation has the higher median home value ($293,100 vs $128,600 in Whitesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
Population	6,231	439
Median age	40.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,133	$64,861
Median home value	$293,100	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,652	$752
Housing units	2,270	237
Homeownership rate	91.1%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
Population	5,416 → 6,231 (+15.0%)	727 → 439 (-39.6%)
Median household income	$86,281 → $97,133 (+12.6%)	$50,938 → $64,861 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$213,100 → $293,100 (+37.5%)	$92,200 → $128,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,652 (+46.6%)	$875 → $752 (-14.1%)

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

Whitesburg

Population

727439

Median household income

$50,938$64,861

Median home value

$92,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$875$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
Under 5	5.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	24.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	15.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.4%	20.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	85.9%
Black or African American	18.2%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	3.2%	20.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
Drove alone	77.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	93.9%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield Plantation	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	4.7%	19.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1993	1967