Fairview vs Rossville

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

Fairview and Rossville 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 3,981 in Rossville). Fairview has the higher median household income ($60,714 vs $47,791 in Rossville). Fairview has the higher median home value ($171,500 vs $114,300 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Rossville
Population	5,620	3,981
Median age	47.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$47,791
Median home value	$171,500	$114,300
Median gross rent	$847	$958
Housing units	2,803	1,928
Homeownership rate	81.0%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Rossville
Population	6,540 → 5,620 (-14.1%)	4,006 → 3,981 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$46,486 → $60,714 (+30.6%)	$33,892 → $47,791 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $171,500 (+62.4%)	$86,700 → $114,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)	$800 → $958 (+19.8%)

Fairview

Population

6,5405,620

Median household income

$46,486$60,714

Median home value

$105,600$171,500

Median gross rent

$761$847

Rossville

Population

4,0063,981

Median household income

$33,892$47,791

Median home value

$86,700$114,300

Median gross rent

$800$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Rossville
Under 5	2.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	21.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.7%
75 and over	9.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	81.3%
Black or African American	11.5%	6.9%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Rossville
No high school diploma	17.5%	20.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Rossville
Drove alone	83.8%	65.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Rossville
1-unit, detached	86.1%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Rossville
Poverty rate	16.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	33	47
Median year structure built	1971	1961