Fairplay vs Lithia Springs

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

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

Lithia Springs has the higher population (16,138 vs 1,628 in Fairplay). Fairplay has the higher median household income ($104,182 vs $54,982 in Lithia Springs). Fairplay has the higher median home value ($277,500 vs $199,500 in Lithia Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
Population	1,628	16,138
Median age	43.7 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,182	$54,982
Median home value	$277,500	$199,500
Median gross rent	$989	$1,353
Housing units	667	7,180
Homeownership rate	83.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
Population	985 → 1,628 (+65.3%)	18,054 → 16,138 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$63,864 → $104,182 (+63.1%)	$48,988 → $54,982 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$124,700 → $277,500 (+122.5%)	$130,800 → $199,500 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,056 → $1,353 (+28.1%)

Fairplay

Population

9851,628

Median household income

$63,864$104,182

Median home value

$124,700$277,500

Lithia Springs

Population

18,05416,138

Median household income

$48,988$54,982

Median home value

$130,800$199,500

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
Under 5	11.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	6.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	15.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	6.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	22.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	3.3%	6.8%
75 and over	2.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	25.2%
Black or African American	8.3%	48.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	37.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
Drove alone	94.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
1-unit, detached	99.3%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairplay	Lithia Springs
Poverty rate	0.7%	19.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1992	1990