College Park vs Fairburn

A side-by-side comparison of College Park and Fairburn: population, income, housing, and more.

College Park 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 13,969 in College Park). Fairburn has the higher median household income ($89,276 vs $48,505 in College Park). College Park has the higher median home value ($314,500 vs $249,200 in Fairburn).

Population, income & housing

	College Park	Fairburn
Population	13,969	16,609
Median age	31.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,505	$89,276
Median home value	$314,500	$249,200
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,589
Housing units	7,160	6,065
Homeownership rate	22.1%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Park	Fairburn
Population	14,501 → 13,969 (-3.7%)	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$35,470 → $48,505 (+36.7%)	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)
Median home value	$183,700 → $314,500 (+71.2%)	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,131 (+27.4%)	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)

College Park

Population

14,50113,969

Median household income

$35,470$48,505

Median home value

$183,700$314,500

Median gross rent

$888$1,131

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)

	College Park	Fairburn
Under 5	6.7%	12.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	5.7%
75 and over	2.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Park	Fairburn
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	11.0%
Black or African American	82.3%	81.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Park	Fairburn
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Park	Fairburn
Drove alone	62.4%	67.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.9%
Public transit	10.3%	3.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	16.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Park	Fairburn
1-unit, detached	30.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	47.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	College Park	Fairburn
Poverty rate	20.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1972	2004