Acworth vs Fair Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Acworth and Fair Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

Acworth and Fair Oaks are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Acworth has the higher population (22,370 vs 10,392 in Fair Oaks). Acworth has the higher median household income ($80,703 vs $61,681 in Fair Oaks). Acworth has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $198,400 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
Population	22,370	10,392
Median age	36.6 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,703	$61,681
Median home value	$309,800	$198,400
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,209
Housing units	8,817	3,595
Homeownership rate	61.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
Population	22,534 → 22,370 (-0.7%)	9,518 → 10,392 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$68,860 → $80,703 (+17.2%)	$38,832 → $61,681 (+58.8%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $309,800 (+69.4%)	$126,000 → $198,400 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,569 (+23.7%)	$940 → $1,209 (+28.6%)

Acworth

Population

22,53422,370

Median household income

$68,860$80,703

Median home value

$182,900$309,800

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,569

Fair Oaks

Population

9,51810,392

Median household income

$38,832$61,681

Median home value

$126,000$198,400

Median gross rent

$940$1,209

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	23.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	3.0%
75 and over	6.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	15.7%
Black or African American	20.3%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	62.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
No high school diploma	9.4%	35.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
Drove alone	75.3%	64.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	21.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.2%
Other means	1.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
1-unit, detached	65.7%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	24.0%
20 or more units	12.2%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Acworth	Fair Oaks
Poverty rate	8.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.68	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1998	1970