Census-designated place · Carroll County, Georgia

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia

Fairfield Plantation is a census-designated place in Carroll County, Georgia, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area. It has 6,172 residents. Fairfield Plantation, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,041 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #73 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), broadband subscriptions (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on food environment index (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and primary care shortage (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,041 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #73 of 386 in GA
Population: 6,172 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,508.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1328440

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety46#8,419/15,637
Economy87#2,090/15,631
Housing30#10,487/14,977
Health49#8,033/15,609
Healthcare33#10,470/15,650
Environment64#5,487/15,453
Education75#3,957/15,649
Infrastructure65#5,512/15,650
Community13#13,587/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,484/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fairfield Plantation, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carroll County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low16.4%
99/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.346
91/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Unemployment rate · low1.3%
90/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.2%
90/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value

Weaknesses

Food environment index · low6.4
7/100Georgia 6.2United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,032 /100k
8/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCarroll County value
Loneliness · high36.4%
12/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · low73.1 yrs
12/100Georgia 76.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Distance to an emergency room · high10.7 mi
14/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCarroll County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,416 (2016-2020) → 6,172 (2020-2024)
+14%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.6% (2016-2020) → 57.0% (2020-2024)
+21 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.0% (2016-2020) → 34.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.4% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
38.3% (2016-2020) → 47.0% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2016-2020) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+31%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Fairfield Plantation, Georgia over five years.

Cities and towns like Fairfield Plantation, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fairfield Plantation, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Fairfield Plantation, Georgia five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,172 residents (±1,025)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,172 residents (±1,025)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

White79%4,849
Black12%†750
Hispanic or Latino6.6%†407

Education

3,793 residents (±502)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma3.2%†120
High school or GED23%879
Some college15%561

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,233 households (±303)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k6.7%†150
$25k–50k8.9%†198
$50k–75k15%†344
$75k–100k16%†351
$100k–150k28%†636
$150k–200k8.2%†183
$200k or more17%†371

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,233 households (±303)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Own90%2,018
Rent9.6%†215

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

207 households (±122)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75014%†29
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5008.7%†18

Home values

2,018 homes (±324)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k3.3%†67
$150k–250k25%†511
$250k–400k41%832

Age of homes

2,381 homes (±330)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later6.6%†156
2000–200927%646
1980–199959%1,393

Size of homes

2,381 homes (±330)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms11%†254

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,563 workers (±488)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone73%1,862
Carpool12%†317
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%†374
Other0.4%†10

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,189 workers (±468)

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min5.0%†110
15–29 min48%†1,047
30–44 min18%†400

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Carroll County, the county holding most of Fairfield Plantation's residents.

Carroll County has 2,358 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Georgia's), with 43,788 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,903. The Census Bureau also counts 11,690 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,358; 11,690 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 43,788
Average annual pay: $53,903; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Carroll County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	214	16.9	0.92×About typical	4,537	$17,555	64
Ambulatory health care services	188	14.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	2,179	$85,631	457
Specialty trade contractors	178	14	0.91×About typical	2,343	$80,607	1,033
Limited-service restaurants	111	8.8	1.09×About typical	2,491	$16,282	29
Religious organizations	107	8.4	1.52×More than typical	620	$26,787	—
Lessors of real estate	102	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	273	$37,744	790
Construction of buildings	89	7	0.93×About typical	431	$86,371	496
Building equipment contractors	86	6.8	1.13×About typical	1,216	$83,902	242
Full-service restaurants	80	6.3	0.82×About typical	1,757	$19,999	25
Gasoline stations	71	5.6	1.73×More than typical	479	$27,328	8
Offices of physicians	65	5.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,076	$116,340	53
Services to buildings and dwellings	59	4.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	842	$29,341	1,227

Rank places for an industry Open Carroll County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 126,783 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3,097 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fairfield Plantation, Georgia: $0.50 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3,097
Per resident: $0.50; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3,097100%

Top recipients

FLOWERS BAKERIES SALES OF GEORGIA, LLC$3,097100%

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
293FY2018
5.7KFY2022
3.1KFY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$3,097100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing · 3118$3,097100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Fairfield Plantation, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia's figures are part of those of Carroll County, GA ($174.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Fairfield Plantation is mostly in Carroll County.

See federal money in Carroll County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Fairfield Plantation, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Brian JackR-GA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Carroll County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Carroll County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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