Fairborn vs Yellow Springs

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

Fairborn and Yellow Springs 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 3,655 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median household income ($67,477 vs $55,966 in Fairborn). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $169,600 in Fairborn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
Population	34,506	3,655
Median age	35.0 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,966	$67,477
Median home value	$169,600	$279,700
Median gross rent	$968	$849
Housing units	17,007	2,016
Homeownership rate	50.3%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
Population	33,462 → 34,506 (+3.1%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$47,440 → $55,966 (+18.0%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $169,600 (+43.6%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $968 (+19.1%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Fairborn

Population

33,46234,506

Median household income

$47,440$55,966

Median home value

$118,100$169,600

Median gross rent

$813$968

Yellow Springs

Population

3,8723,655

Median household income

$61,522$67,477

Median home value

$215,500$279,700

Median gross rent

$916$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
Under 5	6.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	18.1%
75 and over	7.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	82.6%
Black or African American	8.7%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	79.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	3.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	19.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	57.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairborn	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	15.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.13	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1971	1959