Fairburn vs Palmetto

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

Fairburn and Palmetto 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 4,681 in Palmetto). Fairburn has the higher median household income ($89,276 vs $54,745 in Palmetto). Fairburn has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $203,600 in Palmetto).

Population, income & housing

	Fairburn	Palmetto
Population	16,609	4,681
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,276	$54,745
Median home value	$249,200	$203,600
Median gross rent	$1,589	$1,223
Housing units	6,065	2,247
Homeownership rate	57.7%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairburn	Palmetto
Population	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)	5,095 → 4,681 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)	$47,019 → $54,745 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)	$129,200 → $203,600 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)	$1,018 → $1,223 (+20.1%)

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

Palmetto

Population

5,0954,681

Median household income

$47,019$54,745

Median home value

$129,200$203,600

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairburn	Palmetto
Under 5	12.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	11.5%
75 and over	1.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairburn	Palmetto
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	23.3%
Black or African American	81.7%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairburn	Palmetto
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairburn	Palmetto
Drove alone	67.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.2%
Public transit	3.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	15.6%
Other means	0.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairburn	Palmetto
1-unit, detached	71.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	9.9%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairburn	Palmetto
Poverty rate	18.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	2004	1989