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Fairlawn city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Fairlawn city is a Census city of 7,711 people across 4.56 square miles of land, in Summit County. Median household income is $97,055, 76.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 42 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.9 m.
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Fairlawn
What Fairlawn is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.56 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,689
- County holding the largest share of its areaSummit County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairlawn
How many people live in Fairlawn
- Population7,711
- Median age46.7
- Population under 181,311 plus or minus 419
- Share under 1817.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over1,986
- Share 65 and over25.8 percent
- Households3,530
- Family households2,019
- Share of households that are families57.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairlawn
Income and work in Fairlawn
- Median household income$97,055
- Per capita income$68,094
- Civilian labor force4,357
- Employed4,262
- Unemployed95 plus or minus 65
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over6,046
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairlawn
Housing in Fairlawn
- Housing units3,620
- Occupied units3,530
- Vacant units90 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Owner occupied2,706
- Renter occupied824 plus or minus 199
- Ownership rate76.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$284,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,239
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Single family units2,537
- Share single family70.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,083 plus or minus 304
- Share in buildings of two or more29.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairlawn
How Fairlawn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,054
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,000 plus or minus 404
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.7 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more823 plus or minus 314
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.9 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Drove alone67.5 percent
- Carpooled4.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home27.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairlawn
SBA loans in Fairlawn (7(a))
- Approvals42
- Gross approval$6,926,500
- Average approval$164,917
- Median approval$88,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$440,000
- Largest approval$753,800
- Jobs supported187
- Jobs per approval4.5
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.4 percent
- Share to franchises31.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fairlawn
SBA loans in Fairlawn (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$6,324,000
- Average approval$1,264,800
- Median approval$1,301,000
- Largest approval$2,812,000
- Jobs supported80
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fairlawn
Flood risk in Fairlawn
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390657
- Currently effective map date04/19/16
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Summit County, not Fairlawn
Summit County context, not Fairlawn figures
These are Summit County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairlawn measurements.
- Establishments in Summit County13,309
- Employment at those establishments, Summit County249,827
- Covered employment, Summit County261,045
- Average annual pay, Summit County$62,871
- Average weekly wage, Summit County$1,209
- Housing units permitted, Summit County1,082
- Of those, single family, Summit County580
- County product, 2024, Summit County$40,349,074,000
- County product change over the prior year, Summit County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Summit County$97,249
Every figure in this section is published for Summit County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairlawn. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fairlawn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairlawn, Ohio?
7,711, in 3,530 households. Fairlawn city covers 4.56 square miles of land, which is 1,689 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairlawn in?
Summit County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fairlawn?
$97,055. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $284,600. Median gross rent is $1,239 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fairlawn businesses?
42 7(a) approvals totalling $6.9 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $88,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $6.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fairlawn, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fairlawn borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fairlawn. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Fairlawn in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fairlawn appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390657, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fairlawn figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Summit County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fairlawn.
Is zoning published for Fairlawn?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.