What is the population of Barberton city?

Barberton city has 24,977 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Barberton city?

Median household income in Barberton city is $48,943 a year, 37.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Barberton city?

Median gross rent is $794 a month and the median home value is $120,100, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.

Is Barberton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Barberton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Barberton, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Barberton, Ohio (Barberton, OH — Census place “Barberton city”) is 24,977 residents, ranking #63 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $48,943, the median home is worth $120,100 and median gross rent runs $794 a month. Looking for the Barberton Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Barberton, OH: 44203.

Population: 24,977Barberton city residents
Median household income: $48,943Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $120,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $794Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.6%Owner-occupied households

Barberton ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Barberton.

The Barberton OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

44203

What the numbers mean in Barberton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Barberton city median would spend about 19.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.9% of residents and 59.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Barberton city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Barberton city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 24,977 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #63 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Barberton city earn a median of $48,943 a year, 37.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 16.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Barberton city is valued at $120,100, 60.4% below the national figure and 29% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $794 a month, 43.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,528 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Barberton city?: Barberton city has 24,977 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Barberton city?: Median household income in Barberton city is $48,943 a year, 37.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Barberton city?: Median gross rent is $794 a month and the median home value is $120,100, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
Is Barberton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Barberton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Barberton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.