What is the population of Fairborn city?

Fairborn city has 34,506 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Fairborn city?

Median household income in Fairborn city is $55,966 a year, 28.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $968 a month and the median home value is $169,600, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairborn city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fairborn, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fairborn, Ohio (Fairborn, OH — Census place “Fairborn city”) is 34,506 residents, ranking #43 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $55,966, the median home is worth $169,600 and median gross rent runs $968 a month. Looking for the Fairborn Ohio ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Fairborn, OH: 45324, 45435.

Population: 34,506Fairborn city residents
Median household income: $55,966Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $169,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $968Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.3%Owner-occupied households

Fairborn ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fairborn.

The Fairborn OH ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fairborn city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fairborn city median would spend about 20.8% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 50.3% of households own their home.

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

Fairborn city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fairborn city is a small city in Ohio, with 34,506 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #43 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 35 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Fairborn city earn a median of $55,966 a year, 28.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fairborn city is valued at $169,600, 44.1% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $968 a month, 31.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,616 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 50.3% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Fairborn city?: Fairborn city has 34,506 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Fairborn city?: Median household income in Fairborn city is $55,966 a year, 28.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairborn city?: Median gross rent is $968 a month and the median home value is $169,600, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.
Is Fairborn city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairborn city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fairborn 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.