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FairbornOH

Fairborn, OH is a 33K-resident city in Greene County with a median household income of $61,751.

Greene County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fairborn, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fairborn has a population larger than 67% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $175,000.

Data updated 2026-09-04

33K
Population (place)
Top 33%
By size
$61,751
Median income (place)
$175,000
Median home (place)
13.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fairborn

Fairborn posts a median household income higher than 25% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 26%
by median income, US cities

Where Fairborn income ranks nationally

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

$61,751 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fairborn $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 Fairborn, OH beyond the headline numbers

Fairborn sits inside Greene County, Ohio, at roughly 39.82°N, -84.02°W. Population 33,452, $61,751 median household income. Median home value $175,000, median rent $977. Poverty rate 13.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Fairborn, OH stands at 13.7%, 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 Fairborn runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 9.3% of Fairborn workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.7% in Fairborn, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Fairborn workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fairborn 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)
33,452
Fairborn · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,751
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$175,000
-58% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Greene County): Fairborn'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
170K+4%
Median Income
$87,309+50%
Median Home Value
$252,200+60%
Poverty Rate
9.8%-29%
Unemployment
4.2%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fairborn, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$977/mo
Poverty Rate
13.7% +10% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.2%
Work From Home 9.3%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 77.9%
African American 9.1%
Asian 1.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
40.1%
Short Sleep Duration
39.1%
High Blood Pressure
34.4%
Physical Inactivity
26%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.3%
Binge Drinking
16.6%
Current Smoking
15.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.5%
Current Asthma
11.7%
Diabetes
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.9%
Annual Checkup 77.7%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Fairborn?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-FAIRBORN · Fairborn

Fairborn: 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 Fairborn; 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 Fairborn, OH?
Fairborn, OH has a population of 33,452 people, located in Greene County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Fairborn?
The median household income in Fairborn, OH is $61,751 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.7%.
What is the median home value in Fairborn?
The median home value in Fairborn, OH is $175,000. Median rent is $977/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fairborn?
The top health indicators in Fairborn include Obesity (40.1%), Short Sleep Duration (39.1%), High Blood Pressure (34.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Fairborn?
The median age in Fairborn, OH is 35.7 years. 30.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (13.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($61,751 here).

Compare Fairborn with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Fairborn'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 Fairborn 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 (Greene 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.