Fairfield PlantationGA
In Georgia, this town has 6,172 residents.
Is Fairfield Plantation a good place to live?
Overall, Fairfield Plantation earns a B+, better than 70% of U.S. towns. It ranks 34th of 258 in Georgia. Its strongest subject is incomes (A−): the median household earns $103K. Add schools to its strengths: its schools outperform just over four fifths of the state's. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $333K for a typical one, 3.7 times the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. Only 15 of Georgia’s 373 towns score lower on history.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
98% of working residents leave Fairfield Plantation for work
Where Fairfield Plantation’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fairfield Plantation grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Fairfield Plantation is from typical.
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Moving to Fairfield Plantation: who provides what
Fairfield Plantation is unincorporated, so Carroll County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fairfield Plantation.
Fairfield Plantation sends most of its workers to Carrollton and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
Most of Fairfield Plantation’s workers leave town for work
Fairfield Plantation has 354 jobs for its 2,279 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
2% of Fairfield Plantation working residents work locally. The town had 354 jobs in 2023, up 241 from 2013. Also worth knowing: the average commute for Fairfield Plantation comes to 33 minutes, above both the Georgia town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Carrollton (14%), Atlanta (11%) and Villa Rica (5%).
| Fairfield Plantation | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 9.2% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Fairfield Plantation is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Fairfield Plantation, 46% come from inland flooding and 31% from tornadoes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 2009, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Fairfield Plantation’s year
The Carrollton weather station, 9 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 222 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 77% of Georgia places with climate records. The Carrollton weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 36 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 88% of Georgia places with climate records.
The midsummer high in Fairfield Plantation is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fairfield Plantation is healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,123 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fairfield Plantation’s, it is less healthy than 58%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Fairfield Plantation beats the Georgia average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 32% of adults sleep under 7 hours locally. In Fairfield Plantation, 16% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 12% worry about having enough food.
| Fairfield Plantation | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 40% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 22% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Fairfield Plantation | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 17.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10% | 15% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A larger share of households in Fairfield Plantation are owner-occupiers than in the typical Georgia or U.S. town
On the market in Fairfield Plantation: a median 126 days to sell. The typical rent for Fairfield Plantation comes to $1,783 a month, against $1,152 a month in Georgia’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The median sale price was $353,000 in September 2026.
| Fairfield Plantation | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,783 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fairfield Plantation
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fairfield Plantation
About 5 of every 100 Fairfield Plantation residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
About Fairfield Plantation
Place in Georgia, United States
Fairfield Plantation is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Carroll County, Georgia, United States. It is a community situated around a golf course and reservoir (Treasure Lake), 8 miles (13 km) south of Villa Rica and 38 miles (61 km) west of Atlanta. Fairfield Plantation was created as a Planned Unit Development in the 1970s. The population as of the 2020 census is 4,898.
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- Elevation
- 1,106 ft
Questions about Fairfield Plantation
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairfield Plantation, GA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Fairfield Plantation grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #34 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Fairfield Plantation, GA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $333,000, 1% above the Georgia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.