Barberton vs Cuyahoga Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cuyahoga Falls has the higher population (50,864 vs 24,977 in Barberton). Cuyahoga Falls has the higher median household income ($70,645 vs $48,943 in Barberton). Cuyahoga Falls has the higher median home value ($174,700 vs $120,100 in Barberton).

Population, income & housing

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
Population	24,977	50,864
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,943	$70,645
Median home value	$120,100	$174,700
Median gross rent	$794	$1,029
Housing units	11,999	24,678
Homeownership rate	59.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
Population	26,098 → 24,977 (-4.3%)	49,192 → 50,864 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $48,943 (+14.3%)	$57,101 → $70,645 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $120,100 (+38.4%)	$127,600 → $174,700 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $794 (+4.6%)	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)

Barberton

Population

26,09824,977

Median household income

$42,813$48,943

Median home value

$86,800$120,100

Median gross rent

$759$794

Cuyahoga Falls

Population

49,19250,864

Median household income

$57,101$70,645

Median home value

$127,600$174,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	19.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.9%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	82.9%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
Drove alone	81.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
1-unit, detached	70.9%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Barberton	Cuyahoga Falls
Poverty rate	16.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1959