Fairlawn vs Macedonia

A side-by-side comparison of Fairlawn and Macedonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Macedonia has the higher population (12,142 vs 7,689 in Fairlawn). Macedonia has the higher median household income ($108,059 vs $93,154 in Fairlawn). Macedonia has the higher median home value ($294,500 vs $267,000 in Fairlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
Population	7,689	12,142
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,154	$108,059
Median home value	$267,000	$294,500
Median gross rent	$1,095	$2,024
Housing units	3,815	4,898
Homeownership rate	75.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
Population	7,514 → 7,689 (+2.3%)	11,873 → 12,142 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$67,598 → $93,154 (+37.8%)	$97,440 → $108,059 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $267,000 (+55.5%)	$223,400 → $294,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,095 (+7.2%)	$979 → $2,024 (+106.7%)

Fairlawn

Population

7,5147,689

Median household income

$67,598$93,154

Median home value

$171,700$267,000

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,095

Macedonia

Population

11,87312,142

Median household income

$97,440$108,059

Median home value

$223,400$294,500

Median gross rent

$979$2,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
Under 5	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.7%
75 and over	11.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	77.1%
Black or African American	11.1%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
Drove alone	72.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
1-unit, detached	62.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	Macedonia
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1971	1991