Fairborn vs Xenia

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

Fairborn and Xenia 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 25,555 in Xenia). Fairborn has the higher median household income ($55,966 vs $54,616 in Xenia). Fairborn has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $147,300 in Xenia).

Population, income & housing

	Fairborn	Xenia
Population	34,506	25,555
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,966	$54,616
Median home value	$169,600	$147,300
Median gross rent	$968	$895
Housing units	17,007	11,703
Homeownership rate	50.3%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairborn	Xenia
Population	33,462 → 34,506 (+3.1%)	26,534 → 25,555 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$47,440 → $55,966 (+18.0%)	$45,812 → $54,616 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $169,600 (+43.6%)	$100,500 → $147,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $968 (+19.1%)	$757 → $895 (+18.2%)

Fairborn

Population

33,46234,506

Median household income

$47,440$55,966

Median home value

$118,100$169,600

Median gross rent

$813$968

Xenia

Population

26,53425,555

Median household income

$45,812$54,616

Median home value

$100,500$147,300

Median gross rent

$757$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairborn	Xenia
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.5%
75 and over	7.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairborn	Xenia
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	8.7%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	9.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairborn	Xenia
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairborn	Xenia
Drove alone	79.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairborn	Xenia
1-unit, detached	57.5%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	10.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairborn	Xenia
Poverty rate	15.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1971	1970