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.
Fairmount is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Fairmount, just 9.87% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Fairmount in 2022 was $23,858, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,432 for a family of four. However, Fairmount contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fairmount is an extremely 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, Scottish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Fairmount is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
