North Fairfield vs Wakeman

A side-by-side comparison of North Fairfield and Wakeman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakeman has the higher population (1,100 vs 622 in North Fairfield). North Fairfield has the higher median household income ($73,846 vs $70,393 in Wakeman). Wakeman has the higher median home value ($169,300 vs $109,000 in North Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
Population	622	1,100
Median age	33.1 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$70,393
Median home value	$109,000	$169,300
Median gross rent	$1,097	$776
Housing units	222	423
Homeownership rate	82.7%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
Population	523 → 622 (+18.9%)	1,060 → 1,100 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $73,846 (+23.1%)	$51,369 → $70,393 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $109,000 (+31.2%)	$126,000 → $169,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $1,097 (+70.3%)	$676 → $776 (+14.8%)

North Fairfield

Population

523622

Median household income

$60,000$73,846

Median home value

$83,100$109,000

Median gross rent

$644$1,097

Wakeman

Population

1,0601,100

Median household income

$51,369$70,393

Median home value

$126,000$169,300

Median gross rent

$676$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
Under 5	5.5%	13.5%
5 to 17	27.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.5%
75 and over	1.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
No high school diploma	17.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	50.1%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
Drove alone	87.7%	88.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
1-unit, detached	84.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	North Fairfield	Wakeman
Poverty rate	13.8%	8.0%
Average household size	3.17	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1946	1961