Demographics of Fairborn city, Ohio

Fairborn city, Ohio had 35,754 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,208 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fairborn city, in four figures

35,754
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 34,534 ±295.; +3.5%
Change since July 2020: +1,208 people.; 35.7 ±1.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,751 ±$5,739
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fairborn city, Ohio's population grew 3.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fairborn city, Ohio's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Fairborn city, Ohio's population grew 3.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fairborn city, Ohio's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	34,546	100.0	100.0
2021	34,426	99.7	100.2
2022	34,719	100.5	100.7
2023	34,753	100.6	101.6
2024	34,997	101.3	102.5
2025	35,754	103.5	103.1

Population of Fairborn city, Ohio on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	34,546	—
2021	34,426	−120
2022	34,719	+293
2023	34,753	+34
2024	34,997	+244
2025	35,754	+757

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.7 ±1.4: for men 34.3 ±1.8 and for women 37.0 ±1.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fairborn city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Under 5	1,827 ±295	5.3% ±0.9	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,389 ±515	12.7% ±1.5	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,109 ±506	11.9% ±1.5	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	11,106 ±802	32.2% ±2.3	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,454 ±666	21.6% ±1.9	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,649 ±554	16.4% ±1.6	18.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,751 ±$5,739, and income per person $37,921 ±$1,477, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,389 ±$321 in Ohio and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Fairborn city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Ohio	United States
Under $25,000	2,757 ±461	17.3% ±2.8	16.3% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,739 ±526	23.5% ±3.2	19.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,771 ±462	17.4% ±2.8	16.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,266 ±356	14.2% ±2.2	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,313 ±381	14.5% ±2.3	17.1% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,180 ±225	7.4% ±1.4	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	885 ±207	5.6% ±1.3	9.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Fairborn city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Ohio	United States
All ages	4,621 ±803	13.7% ±2.4	13.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	883 ±302	14.6% ±4.7	17.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,974 ±524	14.5% ±2.5	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	764 ±218	10.4% ±2.8	10.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Fairborn city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fairborn city	Ohio	United States
Housing units	17,063 ±542	5,292,391 ±464	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.2% ±0.5	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.8% ±1.8	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	51.2% ±2.8	67.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	48.8% ±3.3	32.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$175,000 ±$9,389	$214,800 ±$742	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$977 ±$30	$1,034 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1970 ±2	1970 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Fairborn city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Hispanic or Latino	983 ±348	2.8% ±1.0	4.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	26,621 ±969	77.1% ±2.7	75.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,105 ±733	9.0% ±2.1	12.0% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	472 ±188	1.4% ±0.5	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 31	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 204	0% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	3,242 ±653	9.4% ±1.9	4.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Fairborn city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Born in the state	22,792 ±870	66.0% ±2.5	74.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	9,537 ±762	27.6% ±2.2	19.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	389 ±145	1.1% ±0.4	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,816 ±443	5.3% ±1.3	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,108 ±370	3.2% ±1.1	2.8% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	708 ±265	2.1% ±0.8	2.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Fairborn city among the places of Ohio

43rd of 292 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Ohio page.

Places of Ohio near Fairborn city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Marion city	35,669 ±104
Mason city	35,509 ±55
Gahanna city	35,486 ±35
Brunswick city	35,246 ±38
Lima city	35,010 ±46
Fairborn city	34,534 ±295
Stow city	34,240 ±42
Westlake city	34,104 ±26
Massillon city	32,338 ±47
North Olmsted city	31,924 ±27
North Royalton city	30,972 ±38

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Fairborn city, Ohio

Rankings this appears in

No. 38 Places in Ohio by foreign-born share
No. 45 Places in Ohio by poverty rate
No. 60 Places in Ohio by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 108 Places in Ohio by per capita income
No. 109 Places in Ohio by median rent
No. 125 Places in Ohio by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026