A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Fairmount$1,860/mo

Typical home $315K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.81% · or rent about $1,090/mo · Housing →

Coolidge$1,420/mo

Typical home $210K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $724/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Fairmount and Coolidge.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+FairmountBetter than 67% of districts in the state –CoolidgeNot graded

Health

B−FairmountHealthier than 48% of U.S. towns –CoolidgeNot graded

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FairmountCoolidge

Snow a year1″0″

January low—39°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—268d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 55th

Outdoors & history

FairmountCoolidge

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land1.1%—

Settled1897 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

FairmountCoolidge

Library hours a week—17 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

242 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FairmountGA CoolidgeGA

Fairmount ↔ Coolidge242 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

FairmountCoolidge

People

Population 1,279Highest 923Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.2%Highest GA: +10.6% +0.6%Lowest GA: +10.6%

Median age 40.4±19.3Highest 7% above GA 38.6±7.9Lowest about the GA average

Fairmount and Coolidge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 16.2%±6.3Lowest GA: 23.2% 36.9%±3.2Highest GA: 23.2%

Age 65+ 20.4%±5.7Highest GA: 15% 12.5%±2.1Lowest GA: 15%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.1%Highest GA: 34.9% 7%Lowest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±1.2Highest GA: 6.4% 2%±1.5Lowest GA: 6.4%

Fairmount and Coolidge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,056±$21kHighest 18% below GA $59,063±$21kLowest 24% below GA

Fairmount and Coolidge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $135,200±$70kLowest 55% below GA $158,400±$41kHighest 48% below GA

Coolidge and Fairmount are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,090±$71Highest 22% below GA $724±$29Lowest 48% below GA

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,093 53% below GA —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.1%±23.4Highest GA: 52.4% 13.9%±13.5Lowest GA: 52.4%

Fairmount and Coolidge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 19.2%Lowest GA: 13.4% 20.2%Highest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.6%Highest GA: 65.7% 62.9%Lowest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 17 yrs older than GA 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 8% above GA 21 minLowest 26% below GA

Work from home 1.5%±1.5Lowest GA: 15.9% 6.5%±4.2Highest GA: 15.9%

Coolidge and Fairmount are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 5.1%Highest 2.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.02Highest 0.59Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Calhoun (21%)Thomasville (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CoolidgeFew work in Fairmount

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 29.7Lowest 63.8Highest

Schools

School district Gordon County—

High school in town None in town—

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Fairmount vs Coolidge

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Fairmount

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

242 miles apart

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