Fairburn vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (27,300 vs 16,609 in Fairburn). Fairburn has the higher median household income ($89,276 vs $47,635 in Union City). Fairburn has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $223,100 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairburn	Union City
Population	16,609	27,300
Median age	33.5 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,276	$47,635
Median home value	$249,200	$223,100
Median gross rent	$1,589	$1,213
Housing units	6,065	12,272
Homeownership rate	57.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairburn	Union City
Population	15,295 → 16,609 (+8.6%)	21,396 → 27,300 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$46,785 → $89,276 (+90.8%)	$45,324 → $47,635 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $249,200 (+77.2%)	$132,300 → $223,100 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,589 (+37.8%)	$967 → $1,213 (+25.4%)

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

Union City

Population

21,39627,300

Median household income

$45,324$47,635

Median home value

$132,300$223,100

Median gross rent

$967$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairburn	Union City
Under 5	12.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.5%
75 and over	1.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairburn	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	3.6%
Black or African American	81.7%	85.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairburn	Union City
No high school diploma	7.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairburn	Union City
Drove alone	67.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.9%
Public transit	3.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	13.2%
Other means	0.9%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairburn	Union City
1-unit, detached	71.3%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	30.5%
20 or more units	9.9%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairburn	Union City
Poverty rate	18.9%	15.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	2004	2002