Fair Oaks vs Powder Springs

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

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

Powder Springs has the higher population (17,414 vs 10,392 in Fair Oaks). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $61,681 in Fair Oaks). Powder Springs has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $198,400 in Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
Population	10,392	17,414
Median age	28.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,681	$96,961
Median home value	$198,400	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,778
Housing units	3,595	6,466
Homeownership rate	36.8%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
Population	9,518 → 10,392 (+9.2%)	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$38,832 → $61,681 (+58.8%)	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $198,400 (+57.5%)	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,209 (+28.6%)	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)

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

Powder Springs

Population

15,16317,414

Median household income

$69,807$96,961

Median home value

$167,500$283,700

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
Under 5	7.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	8.1%
75 and over	2.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	24.1%
Black or African American	16.3%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
No high school diploma	35.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
Drove alone	64.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	21.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	15.9%
Other means	3.5%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
1-unit, detached	47.8%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	24.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	10.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Powder Springs
Poverty rate	18.3%	11.7%
Average household size	3.06	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1970	1995