Rents are 10% below what Fairburn's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,960 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Fairburn usually run 0.7% below trend in January and 0.7% above it in August, about $27 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Fairburn is 0.6% below its high of $1,971 in August 2026, at $1,960 as of September 2026.
Rent in Fairburn changed +0.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 115 Georgia cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.3%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Fairburn rose 47.4% while median household income rose 96.4% ($46,785 to $91,897). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Fairburn is 50.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($91,897) is $2,297 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,000); a 3-bedroom is $2,410.
College Park, 11 miles away, rents for 27% less ($1,431/mo), about $6,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Fairburn. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Fairburn, GA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 38.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Fairburn, GA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Fairburn, GA has shifted from $1,488 to $1,960, up 31.7% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $91,897 today, compared with $58,741 five years earlier. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Census counts show Fairburn, GA adding about 616 residents over the five-year window, up 3.8% on net. The renter share has eased from 44.9% to 35.8%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 30.3% to 38.5% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Fairburn is $1,960/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,740/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,000/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,810/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,410/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($91,897/yr), Fairburn ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.9% over the past year.
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