Calhoun vs Fairmount

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun and Fairmount: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun has the higher population (17,611 vs 1,218 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($62,222 vs $51,439 in Calhoun). Calhoun has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $113,300 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun	Fairmount
Population	17,611	1,218
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,439	$62,222
Median home value	$240,700	$113,300
Median gross rent	$785	$1,087
Housing units	7,248	550
Homeownership rate	52.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun	Fairmount
Population	16,940 → 17,611 (+4.0%)	958 → 1,218 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$35,761 → $51,439 (+43.8%)	$45,833 → $62,222 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $240,700 (+59.6%)	$88,400 → $113,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $785 (+14.1%)	$777 → $1,087 (+39.9%)

Calhoun

Population

16,94017,611

Median household income

$35,761$51,439

Median home value

$150,800$240,700

Median gross rent

$688$785

Fairmount

Population

9581,218

Median household income

$45,833$62,222

Median home value

$88,400$113,300

Median gross rent

$777$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun	Fairmount
Under 5	7.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	5.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.0%
75 and over	7.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun	Fairmount
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	78.1%
Black or African American	7.1%	17.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun	Fairmount
No high school diploma	22.2%	18.1%
High school graduate	31.7%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun	Fairmount
Drove alone	80.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun	Fairmount
1-unit, detached	62.4%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun	Fairmount
Poverty rate	18.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1984	1975