Fairburn is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,566 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Fairburn is the 63rd largest community in Georgia.

Fairburn is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fairburn is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairburn who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.57%), sales jobs (9.75%), and management occupations (7.15%).

Also of interest is that Fairburn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Fairburn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.55 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Fairburn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Fairburn Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Fairburn is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.23% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fairburn in 2000 was $20,952, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,808 for a family of four.

Fairburn is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fairburn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fairburn is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fairburn include English, German, Irish, and African.

The most common language spoken in Fairburn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.