Fairburn vs Mountain Park

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

Fairburn and Mountain Park 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 823 in Mountain Park). Mountain Park has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $89,276 in Fairburn). Mountain Park has the higher median home value ($321,500 vs $249,200 in Fairburn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
Population	16,609	823
Median age	33.5 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,276	$135,000
Median home value	$249,200	$321,500
Median gross rent	$1,589	$1,841
Housing units	6,065	365
Homeownership rate	57.7%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
Population	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)	649 → 823 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)	$89,375 → $135,000 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)	$285,000 → $321,500 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)	$1,250 → $1,841 (+47.3%)

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

Mountain Park

Population

649823

Median household income

$89,375$135,000

Median home value

$285,000$321,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
Under 5	12.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	3.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	20.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.2%
75 and over	1.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	81.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
Drove alone	67.0%	34.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	12.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	51.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
1-unit, detached	71.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairburn	Mountain Park
Poverty rate	18.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2004	1984