Fairlawn vs Munroe Falls

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

Fairlawn and Munroe Falls 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 5,019 in Munroe Falls). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($93,154 vs $75,089 in Munroe Falls). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($267,000 vs $223,800 in Munroe Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
Population	7,689	5,019
Median age	41.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,154	$75,089
Median home value	$267,000	$223,800
Median gross rent	$1,095	—
Housing units	3,815	2,290
Homeownership rate	75.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
Population	7,514 → 7,689 (+2.3%)	5,057 → 5,019 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$67,598 → $93,154 (+37.8%)	$66,333 → $75,089 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $267,000 (+55.5%)	$160,800 → $223,800 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,095 (+7.2%)	$769 → $848 (+10.3%)

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

Munroe Falls

Population

5,0575,019

Median household income

$66,333$75,089

Median home value

$160,800$223,800

Median gross rent

$769$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
Under 5	4.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.6%
75 and over	11.5%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	11.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	18.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
Drove alone	72.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
1-unit, detached	62.4%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	Munroe Falls
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1971	1974