Douglasville vs Fairplay

A side-by-side comparison of Douglasville and Fairplay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglasville has the higher population (36,284 vs 1,628 in Fairplay). Fairplay has the higher median household income ($104,182 vs $76,591 in Douglasville). Douglasville has the higher median home value ($313,500 vs $277,500 in Fairplay).

Population, income & housing

	Douglasville	Fairplay
Population	36,284	1,628
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,591	$104,182
Median home value	$313,500	$277,500
Median gross rent	$1,457	$989
Housing units	15,062	667
Homeownership rate	48.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglasville	Fairplay
Population	33,052 → 36,284 (+9.8%)	985 → 1,628 (+65.3%)
Median household income	$58,560 → $76,591 (+30.8%)	$63,864 → $104,182 (+63.1%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $313,500 (+82.7%)	$124,700 → $277,500 (+122.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,457 (+34.5%)	—

Douglasville

Population

33,05236,284

Median household income

$58,560$76,591

Median home value

$171,600$313,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,457

Fairplay

Population

9851,628

Median household income

$63,864$104,182

Median home value

$124,700$277,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglasville	Fairplay
Under 5	5.8%	11.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	6.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	16.9%	6.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	22.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	3.3%
75 and over	4.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglasville	Fairplay
White (non-Hispanic)	21.9%	74.0%
Black or African American	64.5%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglasville	Fairplay
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	27.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglasville	Fairplay
Drove alone	78.6%	94.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	1.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglasville	Fairplay
1-unit, detached	57.8%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglasville	Fairplay
Poverty rate	11.2%	0.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	2001	1992