
Ohio · FIPS 39045
Fairfield ZIP codes — Fairfield County, Ohio
Quick answer
Fairfield County is home to 161,289 residents with a median household income of $87,069 and a median home value of $272,200. 74.2% of households own their home and 8.2% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Fairfield ZIP code? 14 ZIP code areas fall inside Fairfield County, Ohio, listed in full below.
- Population
- 161,289Fairfield County residents
- Median household income
- $87,069Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $272,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,114Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.2%Owner-occupied households
Fairfield County, OH in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Fairfield County is a mid-size city in Ohio, with 161,289 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Fairfield County earn a median of $87,069 a year, 10.9% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 8.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Fairfield County is valued at $272,200, 10.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,114 a month, 20.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,368 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 74.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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.
ZIP codes in Fairfield County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Fairfield County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Ohio
Largest Census places in Ohio by population.
- Columbus city 906,480
- Cleveland city 367,523
- Cincinnati city 309,595
- Toledo city 268,461
- Akron city 189,526
- Dayton city 136,741
- Parma city 80,131
- Canton city 70,105
- Lorain city 65,207
- Hamilton city 63,124
- Youngstown city 59,605
- Springfield city 58,410
Nearby counties
Other counties in Ohio.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Fairfield County?
- Fairfield County has 161,289 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Fairfield County?
- Median household income in Fairfield County is $87,069 a year, 10.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairfield County?
- Median gross rent is $1,114 a month and the median home value is $272,200, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
- Is Fairfield County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairfield County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Fairfield County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.