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BarbertonOH

Barberton, OH is a 26K-resident city in Summit County with a median household income of $52,267.

Summit County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Barberton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Barberton has a population larger than 58% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $135,200.

Data updated 2026-09-04

26K
Population (place)
Top 42%
By size
$52,267
Median income (place)
$135,200
Median home (place)
15.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Barberton

Barberton posts a median household income higher than 12% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 13%
by median income, US cities

Where Barberton income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$52,267 Bottom 12% higher than 12% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Barberton $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Barberton, OH beyond the headline numbers

Barberton sits inside Summit County, Ohio, at roughly 41.01°N, -81.61°W. Population 26,234, $52,267 median household income. Median home value $135,200, median rent $848. Poverty rate 15.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Barberton, OH stands at 15.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Barberton runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.8% of Barberton workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 20% in Barberton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Barberton from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
26,234
Barberton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$52,267
-42% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$135,200
-67% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Summit County): Barberton's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
538K-1%
Median Income
$71,622+44%
Median Home Value
$208,700+54%
Poverty Rate
12.8%-17%
Unemployment
5.1%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Barberton, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$848/mo
Poverty Rate
15.6% +26% vs avg
Unemployment 4.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18%
Work From Home 6.8%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 84.8%
African American 9.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
40.7%
Short Sleep Duration
40.5%
High Blood Pressure
40%
Physical Inactivity
31.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.1%
Current Smoking
20%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.1%
Diabetes
15.6%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Current Asthma
12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.8%
Annual Checkup 80.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.6%
Stroke
4.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Barberton?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Barberton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet OH-BARBERTON · Barberton

Barberton: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Barberton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Barberton, OH? ▼
Barberton, OH has a population of 26,234 people, located in Summit County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Barberton? ▼
The median household income in Barberton, OH is $52,267 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.6%.
What is the median home value in Barberton? ▼
The median home value in Barberton, OH is $135,200. Median rent is $848/month.
What are the top health concerns in Barberton? ▼
The top health indicators in Barberton include Obesity (40.7%), Short Sleep Duration (40.5%), High Blood Pressure (40%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Barberton? ▼
The median age in Barberton, OH is 39.5 years. 18% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Barberton, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (15.6% here).

Saint Paul, MN 15.6% Jersey City, NJ 15.6% Lancaster, CA 15.6% Fitchburg, MA 15.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($52,267 here).

Oroville, CA $52,270 Kalamazoo, MI $52,272 Mount Clemens, MI $52,310 Pascagoula, MS $52,222

Compare Barberton with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Norton, OH 12K Copley, OH 14K New Franklin, OH 14K Akron, OH 198K Wadsworth, OH 22K Green, OH 26K Cuyahoga Falls, OH 49K Tallmadge, OH 18K
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Using Barberton's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Barberton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Summit County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.