Fairmount vs Plainville

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

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

Fairmount has the higher population (1,218 vs 339 in Plainville). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($62,222 vs $38,750 in Plainville). Plainville has the higher median home value ($161,800 vs $113,300 in Fairmount).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Plainville
Population	1,218	339
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,222	$38,750
Median home value	$113,300	$161,800
Median gross rent	$1,087	$921
Housing units	550	120
Homeownership rate	63.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Plainville
Population	958 → 1,218 (+27.1%)	379 → 339 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $62,222 (+35.8%)	$40,000 → $38,750 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $113,300 (+28.2%)	$84,300 → $161,800 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $1,087 (+39.9%)	$843 → $921 (+9.3%)

Fairmount

Population

9581,218

Median household income

$45,833$62,222

Median home value

$88,400$113,300

Median gross rent

$777$1,087

Plainville

Population

379339

Median household income

$40,000$38,750

Median home value

$84,300$161,800

Median gross rent

$843$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Plainville
Under 5	3.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	7.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	20.4%	24.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.9%	21.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.0%
75 and over	3.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	74.9%
Black or African American	17.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Plainville
No high school diploma	18.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	47.3%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Plainville
Drove alone	77.6%	96.1%
Carpooled	20.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Plainville
1-unit, detached	88.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Plainville
Poverty rate	17.5%	25.1%
Average household size	2.59	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1975	1965