FairplayGA
A town of 1,881.
Is Fairplay a good place to live?
Fairplay’s best subject grade is an A+ for incomes; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Fairplay has 1 place on the National Register. Fairplay has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fairplay stand out
Where Fairplay beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Fairplay for work
Where Fairplay’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fairplay grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Fairplay is from typical.
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Moving to Fairplay: who provides what
Fairplay is unincorporated, so Douglas 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 Fairplay.
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Fairplay than in most of Georgia or the rest of the country
Fairplay’s typical household income is $120,000. Its average trip to work stands at 33 minutes, against 26 minutes in Georgia’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Fairplay grew to 154 in 2023, 33 more than in 2013. 0.3% of Fairplay working residents work locally.
| Fairplay | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $120,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 9.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fairplay’s public schools trail 51% of Georgia districts
Public schools: the Douglas County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Fairplay, with 1,067 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Douglas Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 544 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Top of a low hazard risk in Fairplay: inland flooding
Fairplay’s FEMA hazard score stands at 25 of 100, where Georgia’s towns sit at 29 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Expected losses in Fairplay break down as 50% from inland flooding and 27% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Fairplay
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 32° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Fairplay is healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Nearly a quarter of adults get no exercise outside work in Fairplay. This Georgia town does better than the Georgia average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Among adults in the town, 33% have obesity and 35% feel lonely.
| Fairplay | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 22% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fairplay | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 17.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.5% | 15% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Fairplay sell for about $367K
The share of households in Fairplay who are owner-occupiers: 85%. The rent at the middle of the market for Fairplay comes to $987 a month.
| Fairplay | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $987 a month | $1,154 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fairplay
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fairplay
About 3 of every 100 Fairplay residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Fairplay
Place in Georgia, United States
Fairplay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Douglas County, Georgia, United States. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,267.
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Questions about Fairplay
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairplay, GA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $355,000, 8% 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 B−.