East Point vs Fairburn

A side-by-side comparison of East Point and Fairburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Point has the higher population (38,233 vs 16,609 in Fairburn). Fairburn has the higher median household income ($89,276 vs $58,983 in East Point). Fairburn has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $247,500 in East Point).

Population, income & housing

	East Point	Fairburn
Population	38,233	16,609
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,983	$89,276
Median home value	$247,500	$249,200
Median gross rent	$1,314	$1,589
Housing units	18,799	6,065
Homeownership rate	43.7%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Point	Fairburn
Population	34,957 → 38,233 (+9.4%)	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$43,453 → $58,983 (+35.7%)	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $247,500 (+77.0%)	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,314 (+27.0%)	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)

East Point

Population

34,95738,233

Median household income

$43,453$58,983

Median home value

$139,800$247,500

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,314

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)

	East Point	Fairburn
Under 5	6.8%	12.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.8%	18.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.7%
75 and over	3.6%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Point	Fairburn
White (non-Hispanic)	10.2%	11.0%
Black or African American	75.7%	81.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	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	10.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Point	Fairburn
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Point	Fairburn
Drove alone	60.9%	67.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.9%
Public transit	9.4%	3.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	16.2%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Point	Fairburn
1-unit, detached	51.5%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	11.6%
20 or more units	8.3%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	East Point	Fairburn
Poverty rate	23.2%	18.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1970	2004