Fairview vs Rock Spring

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

Fairview and Rock Spring 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 1,310 in Rock Spring). Rock Spring has the higher median household income ($115,455 vs $60,714 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($171,500 vs $158,600 in Rock Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Rock Spring
Population	5,620	1,310
Median age	47.6 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$115,455
Median home value	$171,500	$158,600
Median gross rent	$847	$656
Housing units	2,803	516
Homeownership rate	81.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Rock Spring
Population	6,540 → 5,620 (-14.1%)	800 → 1,310 (+63.7%)
Median household income	$46,486 → $60,714 (+30.6%)	$61,607 → $115,455 (+87.4%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $171,500 (+62.4%)	$142,400 → $158,600 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)	$545 → $656 (+20.4%)

Fairview

Population

6,5405,620

Median household income

$46,486$60,714

Median home value

$105,600$171,500

Median gross rent

$761$847

Rock Spring

Population

8001,310

Median household income

$61,607$115,455

Median home value

$142,400$158,600

Median gross rent

$545$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Rock Spring
Under 5	2.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	2.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Rock Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Rock Spring
No high school diploma	17.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Rock Spring
Drove alone	83.8%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.4%
Other means	1.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Rock Spring
1-unit, detached	86.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Rock Spring
Poverty rate	16.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1971	1985