Fairlawn vs New Franklin

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

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

New Franklin has the higher population (13,830 vs 7,689 in Fairlawn). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($93,154 vs $88,306 in New Franklin). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($267,000 vs $196,600 in New Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
Population	7,689	13,830
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,154	$88,306
Median home value	$267,000	$196,600
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,101
Housing units	3,815	5,912
Homeownership rate	75.3%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
Population	7,514 → 7,689 (+2.3%)	14,150 → 13,830 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$67,598 → $93,154 (+37.8%)	$72,866 → $88,306 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $267,000 (+55.5%)	$149,200 → $196,600 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,095 (+7.2%)	$878 → $1,101 (+25.4%)

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

New Franklin

Population

14,15013,830

Median household income

$72,866$88,306

Median home value

$149,200$196,600

Median gross rent

$878$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.0%
75 and over	11.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	18.9%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
Drove alone	72.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
1-unit, detached	62.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	New Franklin
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1971	1962