It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fairmount has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fairmount has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fairmount than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fairmount may be for you.
In Fairmount, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Fairmount doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Fairmount with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.09% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fairmount in 2022 was $26,221, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,884 for a family of four. However, Fairmount contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fairmount is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairmount home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairmount residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fairmount include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Fairmount is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
