Barberton vs Tallmadge

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

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

Barberton has the higher population (24,977 vs 18,394 in Tallmadge). Tallmadge has the higher median household income ($91,273 vs $48,943 in Barberton). Tallmadge has the higher median home value ($226,400 vs $120,100 in Barberton).

Population, income & housing

	Barberton	Tallmadge
Population	24,977	18,394
Median age	39.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,943	$91,273
Median home value	$120,100	$226,400
Median gross rent	$794	$1,008
Housing units	11,999	7,717
Homeownership rate	59.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barberton	Tallmadge
Population	26,098 → 24,977 (-4.3%)	17,589 → 18,394 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $48,943 (+14.3%)	$75,622 → $91,273 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $120,100 (+38.4%)	$172,900 → $226,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $794 (+4.6%)	$775 → $1,008 (+30.1%)

Barberton

Population

26,09824,977

Median household income

$42,813$48,943

Median home value

$86,800$120,100

Median gross rent

$759$794

Tallmadge

Population

17,58918,394

Median household income

$75,622$91,273

Median home value

$172,900$226,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barberton	Tallmadge
Under 5	6.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.3%
75 and over	8.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barberton	Tallmadge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barberton	Tallmadge
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	40.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barberton	Tallmadge
Drove alone	81.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barberton	Tallmadge
1-unit, detached	70.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Barberton	Tallmadge
Poverty rate	16.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1955	1970