Fairfax vs New Baltimore

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

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

Fairfax has the higher population (1,615 vs 1,257 in New Baltimore). New Baltimore has the higher median household income ($129,766 vs $76,157 in Fairfax). New Baltimore has the higher median home value ($337,200 vs $224,300 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
Population	1,615	1,257
Median age	34.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,157	$129,766
Median home value	$224,300	$337,200
Median gross rent	$1,214	$995
Housing units	749	425
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
Population	1,748 → 1,615 (-7.6%)	899 → 1,257 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$54,390 → $76,157 (+40.0%)	$69,015 → $129,766 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$142,300 → $224,300 (+57.6%)	$147,000 → $337,200 (+129.4%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,214 (+25.4%)	—

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

New Baltimore

Population

8991,257

Median household income

$69,015$129,766

Median home value

$147,000$337,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
Under 5	4.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	28.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	21.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	18.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.9%
75 and over	6.7%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
Drove alone	76.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	20.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
1-unit, detached	88.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	New Baltimore
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1943	2014