Chattahoochee Hills vs Fairburn

A side-by-side comparison of Chattahoochee Hills and Fairburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairburn has the higher population (16,609 vs 3,537 in Chattahoochee Hills). Fairburn has the higher median household income ($89,276 vs $76,552 in Chattahoochee Hills). Chattahoochee Hills has the higher median home value ($338,800 vs $249,200 in Fairburn).

Population, income & housing

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
Population	3,537	16,609
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,552	$89,276
Median home value	$338,800	$249,200
Median gross rent	$1,148	$1,589
Housing units	1,618	6,065
Homeownership rate	90.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
Population	2,872 → 3,537 (+23.2%)	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$60,867 → $76,552 (+25.8%)	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)
Median home value	$226,800 → $338,800 (+49.4%)	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,148 (+18.5%)	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)

Chattahoochee Hills

Population

2,8723,537

Median household income

$60,867$76,552

Median home value

$226,800$338,800

Median gross rent

$969$1,148

Fairburn

Population

15,29516,609

Median household income

$46,785$89,276

Median home value

$140,600$249,200

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
Under 5	13.3%	12.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.7%
75 and over	8.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	11.0%
Black or African American	28.7%	81.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
No high school diploma	13.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
Drove alone	68.6%	67.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	16.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
1-unit, detached	83.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Chattahoochee Hills	Fairburn
Poverty rate	5.5%	18.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1993	2004