Fairfax vs Glendale

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Glendale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glendale has the higher population (1,977 vs 1,615 in Fairfax). Glendale has the higher median household income ($118,438 vs $76,157 in Fairfax). Glendale has the higher median home value ($394,000 vs $224,300 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Glendale
Population	1,615	1,977
Median age	34.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,157	$118,438
Median home value	$224,300	$394,000
Median gross rent	$1,214	$1,313
Housing units	749	1,042
Homeownership rate	73.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Glendale
Population	1,748 → 1,615 (-7.6%)	2,145 → 1,977 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$54,390 → $76,157 (+40.0%)	$103,500 → $118,438 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$142,300 → $224,300 (+57.6%)	$281,000 → $394,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,214 (+25.4%)	$1,026 → $1,313 (+28.0%)

Fairfax

Population

1,7481,615

Median household income

$54,390$76,157

Median home value

$142,300$224,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,214

Glendale

Population

2,1451,977

Median household income

$103,500$118,438

Median home value

$281,000$394,000

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Glendale
Under 5	4.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	21.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	14.9%
75 and over	6.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Glendale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Glendale
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Glendale
Drove alone	76.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	17.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Glendale
1-unit, detached	88.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Glendale
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1943	1938