Beavercreek vs Fairborn

A side-by-side comparison of Beavercreek and Fairborn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beavercreek has the higher population (46,787 vs 34,506 in Fairborn). Beavercreek has the higher median household income ($110,064 vs $55,966 in Fairborn). Beavercreek has the higher median home value ($261,200 vs $169,600 in Fairborn).

Population, income & housing

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
Population	46,787	34,506
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,064	$55,966
Median home value	$261,200	$169,600
Median gross rent	$1,410	$968
Housing units	20,157	17,007
Homeownership rate	72.2%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
Population	46,942 → 46,787 (-0.3%)	33,462 → 34,506 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$91,217 → $110,064 (+20.7%)	$47,440 → $55,966 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$194,400 → $261,200 (+34.4%)	$118,100 → $169,600 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,410 (+16.7%)	$813 → $968 (+19.1%)

Beavercreek

Population

46,94246,787

Median household income

$91,217$110,064

Median home value

$194,400$261,200

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,410

Fairborn

Population

33,46234,506

Median household income

$47,440$55,966

Median home value

$118,100$169,600

Median gross rent

$813$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.5%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	77.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	15.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
Drove alone	76.6%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
1-unit, detached	70.8%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	18.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Beavercreek	Fairborn
Poverty rate	6.6%	15.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1980	1971