Barberton vs Stow

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

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

Stow has the higher population (34,317 vs 24,977 in Barberton). Stow has the higher median household income ($91,933 vs $48,943 in Barberton). Stow has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $120,100 in Barberton).

Population, income & housing

	Barberton	Stow
Population	24,977	34,317
Median age	39.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,943	$91,933
Median home value	$120,100	$238,000
Median gross rent	$794	$1,204
Housing units	11,999	14,912
Homeownership rate	59.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barberton	Stow
Population	26,098 → 24,977 (-4.3%)	34,776 → 34,317 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $48,943 (+14.3%)	$73,201 → $91,933 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $120,100 (+38.4%)	$181,400 → $238,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $794 (+4.6%)	$1,011 → $1,204 (+19.1%)

Barberton

Population

26,09824,977

Median household income

$42,813$48,943

Median home value

$86,800$120,100

Median gross rent

$759$794

Stow

Population

34,77634,317

Median household income

$73,201$91,933

Median home value

$181,400$238,000

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barberton	Stow
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barberton	Stow
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barberton	Stow
No high school diploma	11.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	40.9%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barberton	Stow
Drove alone	81.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barberton	Stow
1-unit, detached	70.9%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Barberton	Stow
Poverty rate	16.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1955	1979