Fairlawn vs Montrose-Ghent

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

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

Fairlawn has the higher population (7,689 vs 5,946 in Montrose-Ghent). Montrose-Ghent has the higher median household income ($175,781 vs $93,154 in Fairlawn). Montrose-Ghent has the higher median home value ($517,900 vs $267,000 in Fairlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
Population	7,689	5,946
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,154	$175,781
Median home value	$267,000	$517,900
Median gross rent	$1,095	$2,721
Housing units	3,815	2,436
Homeownership rate	75.3%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	78.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
Population	7,514 → 7,689 (+2.3%)	4,986 → 5,946 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$67,598 → $93,154 (+37.8%)	$106,567 → $175,781 (+64.9%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $267,000 (+55.5%)	$342,000 → $517,900 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,095 (+7.2%)	$1,465 → $2,721 (+85.7%)

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

Montrose-Ghent

Population

4,9865,946

Median household income

$106,567$175,781

Median home value

$342,000$517,900

Median gross rent

$1,465$2,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.5%
75 and over	11.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	18.9%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	48.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
Drove alone	72.3%	66.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	30.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
1-unit, detached	62.4%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	Montrose-Ghent
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	41
Median year structure built	1971	1972