FairviewGA
A town of 5,302.
Is Fairview a good place to live?
Fairview gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $208K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Chattanooga metro’s $72K median household income. It grades C overall, 129th of 258 graded towns in Georgia. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On walkability, just 31 of Georgia’s 371 towns do worse.
What makes Fairview stand out
Where Fairview beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Fairview for work
Where Fairview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fairview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Fairview is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lookout Mountain and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fairview. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MountainLookout Mountain
7 mi WaterfallRuby Falls19 mi CaveEllison's Cave4 mi Theme parkLake Winnepesaukah
in town National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park972K visitors a year
9 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee AquariumPhoto credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Fairview: who provides what
Fairview is unincorporated, so Walker 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 Fairview.
Fairview sends many workers across the state line to East Ridge, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
For health, Fairview earns a D
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fairview, against 14% in Georgia’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 18% of Fairview adults smoke cigarettes. Fairview beats the Georgia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Fairview | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 29% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Fairview | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 6.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 6.1% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fairview’s public schools trail 54% of Georgia districts
Its public schools are run by the Walker County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 446 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
For cost of living, Fairview earns an A
At 2.9 years of the Chattanooga metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $209K) costs less against local pay than in 75% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
80% of households own their home in Fairview, above both Georgia’s towns (58%) and U.S. towns (73%). The typical Fairview home is worth about $209,000, up 1.4% in a year, 37% below the Georgia typical home. Fairview’s median rent is $989 a month.
| Fairview | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $989 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fairview stands out in Georgia and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
49% of working residents cross a state line to work, East Ridge among the top destinations. Fairview has 128 jobs for its 2,483 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.3% of working residents work locally in Fairview. Since 2013, Fairview has lost 226 jobs, to 128 in 2023. The top destinations are Chattanooga (36%), Fort Oglethorpe (8%) and LaFayette (4%).
| Fairview | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Fairview, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 89°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 82% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 30.9°.
Fairview has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Among 264 Georgia towns, just 10 have a lower January low than Fairview. The July high in Fairview is 89°F.
| Fairview | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 31°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Fairview, with tornadoes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Fairview
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Fairview
About 1 of every 100 Fairview residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Fairview
Place in Georgia, United States
Fairview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Walker County, Georgia, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 6,409. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 7.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 850 ft
Fairview’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Fairview.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | #129 | C | A | — | B− | D |
| Fort Oglethorpe | #84 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Chattanooga Valley | #185 | D | B | — | B− | D |
Fairview, Fort Oglethorpe and Chattanooga Valley report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fairview with a neighbor →
Questions about Fairview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairview, GA a good place to live?
Fairview grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #129 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Fairview, GA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.