Chickamauga vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Chickamauga and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview has the higher population (5,620 vs 2,999 in Chickamauga). Chickamauga has the higher median household income ($79,176 vs $60,714 in Fairview). Chickamauga has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $171,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Chickamauga	Fairview
Population	2,999	5,620
Median age	41.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,176	$60,714
Median home value	$250,900	$171,500
Median gross rent	$721	$847
Housing units	1,377	2,803
Homeownership rate	75.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickamauga	Fairview
Population	3,249 → 2,999 (-7.7%)	6,540 → 5,620 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$50,101 → $79,176 (+58.0%)	$46,486 → $60,714 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $250,900 (+81.5%)	$105,600 → $171,500 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $721 (-1.1%)	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)

Chickamauga

Population

3,2492,999

Median household income

$50,101$79,176

Median home value

$138,200$250,900

Median gross rent

$729$721

Fairview

Population

6,5405,620

Median household income

$46,486$60,714

Median home value

$105,600$171,500

Median gross rent

$761$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickamauga	Fairview
Under 5	5.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickamauga	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickamauga	Fairview
No high school diploma	2.1%	17.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickamauga	Fairview
Drove alone	72.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	5.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickamauga	Fairview
1-unit, detached	82.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Chickamauga	Fairview
Poverty rate	4.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1979	1971