Berea vs Fairview Park

A side-by-side comparison of Berea and Fairview Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Berea and Fairview Park are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berea has the higher population (18,330 vs 17,049 in Fairview Park). Fairview Park has the higher median household income ($77,688 vs $71,896 in Berea). Fairview Park has the higher median home value ($225,800 vs $187,600 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Fairview Park
Population	18,330	17,049
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,896	$77,688
Median home value	$187,600	$225,800
Median gross rent	$981	$962
Housing units	7,345	8,136
Homeownership rate	73.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Fairview Park
Population	18,788 → 18,330 (-2.4%)	16,303 → 17,049 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$59,511 → $71,896 (+20.8%)	$61,020 → $77,688 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $187,600 (+35.7%)	$161,100 → $225,800 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $981 (+15.8%)	$785 → $962 (+22.5%)

Berea

Population

18,78818,330

Median household income

$59,511$71,896

Median home value

$138,200$187,600

Median gross rent

$847$981

Fairview Park

Population

16,30317,049

Median household income

$61,020$77,688

Median home value

$161,100$225,800

Median gross rent

$785$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Fairview Park
Under 5	3.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	17.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Fairview Park
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	8.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Fairview Park
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	26.5%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Fairview Park
Drove alone	71.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.4%
Walked	6.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Fairview Park
1-unit, detached	74.5%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.3%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Fairview Park
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1960	1958