Fairburn vs Hapeville

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

Fairburn and Hapeville 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 6,590 in Hapeville). Fairburn has the higher median household income ($89,276 vs $63,673 in Hapeville). Hapeville has the higher median home value ($283,600 vs $249,200 in Fairburn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairburn	Hapeville
Population	16,609	6,590
Median age	33.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,276	$63,673
Median home value	$249,200	$283,600
Median gross rent	$1,589	$1,287
Housing units	6,065	3,202
Homeownership rate	57.7%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairburn	Hapeville
Population	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)	6,577 → 6,590 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)	$44,881 → $63,673 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)	$97,900 → $283,600 (+189.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)	$1,041 → $1,287 (+23.6%)

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

Hapeville

Population

6,5776,590

Median household income

$44,881$63,673

Median home value

$97,900$283,600

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,287

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairburn	Hapeville
Under 5	12.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	22.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.3%
75 and over	1.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairburn	Hapeville
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	21.6%
Black or African American	81.7%	40.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairburn	Hapeville
No high school diploma	7.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairburn	Hapeville
Drove alone	67.0%	68.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	4.6%
Public transit	3.0%	4.5%
Walked	1.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	16.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairburn	Hapeville
1-unit, detached	71.3%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	9.9%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairburn	Hapeville
Poverty rate	18.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2004	1966