Bellbrook vs Fairborn

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

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

Fairborn has the higher population (34,506 vs 7,344 in Bellbrook). Bellbrook has the higher median household income ($101,455 vs $55,966 in Fairborn). Bellbrook has the higher median home value ($246,200 vs $169,600 in Fairborn).

Population, income & housing

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
Population	7,344	34,506
Median age	43.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,455	$55,966
Median home value	$246,200	$169,600
Median gross rent	$1,234	$968
Housing units	3,029	17,007
Homeownership rate	75.9%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
Population	7,212 → 7,344 (+1.8%)	33,462 → 34,506 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$84,130 → $101,455 (+20.6%)	$47,440 → $55,966 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $246,200 (+36.6%)	$118,100 → $169,600 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,234 (+25.4%)	$813 → $968 (+19.1%)

Bellbrook

Population

7,2127,344

Median household income

$84,130$101,455

Median home value

$180,300$246,200

Median gross rent

$984$1,234

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)

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
Under 5	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
No high school diploma	2.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	14.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
Drove alone	73.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.3%	7.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
1-unit, detached	79.2%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	18.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellbrook	Fairborn
Poverty rate	2.9%	15.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1973	1971