Best PlacesFairburn, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairburn, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fairburn ranks 1,651st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fairburn
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fairburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairburn ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 91% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of cities
Where Fairburn ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 3% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 11% of cities
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 15% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Fairburn
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,516, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fairburn's effective rate of 0.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fairburn
Fairburn runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fairburn.
Who works in Fairburn, and how
Work in Fairburn centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fairburn
Fairburn has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Fairburn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fairburn, month by month
Fairburn sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Fairburn
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fairburn
Schools across Fairburn average a D, better than 3% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Holly Springs Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- North Fayette Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- New Manchester Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Flat Rock Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Bear Creek Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Sandy Creek High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- New Manchester High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Creekside High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairburn measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fairburn against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Fairburn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fairburn
Is Fairburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairburn ranks 1,651st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, low disaster risk, and tree cover, and lowest on walkability and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,453. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $87,516 median income, cost of living beats 61% of cities.
Is Fairburn safe?
Fairburn is safer than 20% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fairburn?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 35. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 32% of cities.
Is Fairburn good for families?
Schools beat 3% of cities, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Fairburn with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairburn represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fairburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairburn detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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