A town of 1,279, settled in 1897. Public schools that outperform most of Georgia.
The thing Fairmount does most differently from other towns.
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Ordered by what stands out in Fairmount. Another town gets a different order.
The public schools Fairmount’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Elementary School | PK–5 | 366 | C+ |
Fairmount has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 31°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Most working residents leave Fairmount for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Calhoun (21%), Dalton (4%) and Rome (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.
2 crimes were reported in Fairmount in 2025: 1 property and 1 violent. In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
Fairmount is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
The typical Fairmount home is worth about $315,000, up 4.9% in a year, close to the Georgia typical home.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
Fairmount beats the Georgia average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Fairmount | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.6% | 15% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7% |
0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tate Park | — | 1 |
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
City in Georgia, United States
Fairmount is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fairmount had a population of 772. Gordon County is home to New Echota, which was once the Cherokee Nation's capital. It was the origin of the Cherokee written language and newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix. The city is located near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Chattahoochee National Forest.
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