Fairlawn vs Norton

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

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

Norton has the higher population (11,576 vs 7,689 in Fairlawn). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($93,154 vs $87,060 in Norton). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($267,000 vs $181,900 in Norton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	Norton
Population	7,689	11,576
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,154	$87,060
Median home value	$267,000	$181,900
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,108
Housing units	3,815	5,105
Homeownership rate	75.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	Norton
Population	7,514 → 7,689 (+2.3%)	12,018 → 11,576 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$67,598 → $93,154 (+37.8%)	$68,457 → $87,060 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $267,000 (+55.5%)	$140,500 → $181,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,095 (+7.2%)	$973 → $1,108 (+13.9%)

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

Norton

Population

12,01811,576

Median household income

$68,457$87,060

Median home value

$140,500$181,900

Median gross rent

$973$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	Norton
Under 5	4.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.8%
75 and over	11.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	Norton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	11.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	Norton
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	Norton
Drove alone	72.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	21.2%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	Norton
1-unit, detached	62.4%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	Norton
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1971	1962