City · Greene County, Ohio

Fairborn, Ohio

Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, part of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area. It has 34,534 residents. Fairborn, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 66 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,309 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #173 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), hospital quality rating (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), job growth (low) and adult obesity (high).

66High

Quality-of-life score: #5,309 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #173 of 684 in OH
Population: 34,534 (2020-2024)
Land area: 15 mi²
Density: 2,370.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3925914

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety76#3,708/15,637
Economy36#10,080/15,631
Housing90#1,483/14,977
Health45#8,510/15,609
Healthcare78#3,383/15,650
Environment34#10,218/15,453
Education64#5,585/15,649
Infrastructure73#4,153/15,650
Community50#7,832/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,361/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fairborn, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greene County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low3.1
96/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyGreene County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100Ohio 3.6United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreene County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
91/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreene County value
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGreene County value
Rent as share of income · low26.6%
89/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low42.5%
88/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.6%
5/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGreene County value
Job growth · low-2.6%
9/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGreene County value
Adult obesity · high41.4%
15/100Ohio 39.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.8 µg/m³
19/100Ohio 8.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGreene County value
Students per teacher · high17.3×
19/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGreene County value
Depression · high26.4%
23/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
31.4% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.3% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
20.3% (2015-2019) → 13.7% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,440 (2015-2019) → $61,751 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.5% (2015-2019) → 42.4% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
7.3% (2015-2019) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fairborn, Ohio improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Child poverty−17 points31.4% → 14.6%
Unemployment−3.5 points7.3% → 3.9%
Poverty−6.6 points20.3% → 13.7%
Household income+30%$47,440 → $61,751
Broadband+7.8 points84.3% → 92.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Fairborn, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	84.3%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Improved	48%
Child poverty rate	31.4%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.53%2015-2019	1.40%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4302015-2019	0.4302020-2024	+0.000	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$47,4402015-2019	$61,7512020-2024	+30%	Improved	56%
Poverty rate	20.3%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Improved	86%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	46.5%2015-2019	42.4%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	7.3%2015-2019	3.9%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Improved	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Fairborn, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fairborn, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fairborn, Ohio itself moved +1.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

34,534 residents (±295)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

15,911 households (±514)

Fairborn, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k17%2,757
$25k–50k23%3,739
$50k–75k17%2,771

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

15,911 households (±514)

Fairborn, Ohio
Ohio share

Own51%8,145
Rent49%7,766

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

18,377 workers (±858)

Fairborn, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone78%14,317
Carpool9.4%1,723
Public transit0.1%†10

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Greene County, the county holding most of Fairborn's residents.

Greene County has 3,266 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Ohio's), with 58,026 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,135. The Census Bureau also counts 11,920 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,266; 11,920 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 58,026
Average annual pay: $56,135; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Greene County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	320	18.8	1.02×About typical	7,464	$20,344	36
Ambulatory health care services	287	16.9	0.81×About typical	3,064	$67,787	704
Limited-service restaurants	154	9.1	1.13×About typical	3,178	$18,672	16
Specialty trade contractors	144	8.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,309	$60,914	799
Lessors of real estate	129	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	401	$46,219	1,197
Religious organizations	127	7.5	1.35×More than typical	965	$25,165	—
Computer systems design and related services	120	7.1	1.63×More than typical	3,972	$89,342	185
Full-service restaurants	118	6.9	0.90×About typical	3,515	$22,880	16
Offices of physicians	100	5.9	0.91×About typical	1,114	$105,359	187
Services to buildings and dwellings	99	5.8	0.86×About typical	651	$37,065	639
Clothing and accessories stores	92	5.4	1.49×More than typical	1,151	$18,713	117
Construction of buildings	78	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	436	$79,651	345

Rank places for an industry Open Greene County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 170,072 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $30.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fairborn, Ohio: $890 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $30.7M; −34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $890; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 30%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$22.6M74%
Defense Logistics Agency$3.7M12%
Department of the Army$2.8M9.2%
Missile Defense Agency$1M3.3%
Department of the Navy$149.1K0.5%
Washington Headquarters Services$130.5K0.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$93.1K0.3%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$87.8K0.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

60MFY2017
77.7MFY2018
52.2MFY2019
40.4MFY2020
45.7MFY2021
46.9MFY2022
41.1MFY2023
52.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$13.7M44%
Facilities support services · 5612$6.5M21%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$6.3M20%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$2.3M7.6%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$973.7K3.2%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Fairborn, Ohio

SCAT 1 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES (EPASS) FOR INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE RECONNAISSANCE/SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (ISR/SOF) DIRECTORATE MEDIUM ALTITUDE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (MAUAS) DIVISION (AFLCMC/WII)$85.2M
SUMARIA SYSTEMS, LLC· Greene County, OH· Professional services· Jan 19, 2022 – May 28, 2026· FA862222F8449
MODELING&SIMULATION SOFTWARE (M&S)DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION&SUSTAINMENT(DOS)$38.5M
PEERLESS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION· Greene County, OH· Professional services· Aug 20, 2018 – Feb 18, 2026· FA942218F6019
AIRMEN IMPROVED READINESS$29.7M
BLUEHALO, LLC· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Sep 13, 2023 – Jun 5, 2026· FA238423C0006

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Fairborn, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Fairborn, Ohio's figures are part of those of Greene County, OH ($1.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 1.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Fairborn is mostly in Greene County.

See federal money in Greene County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Fairborn, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael R. TurnerR-OH-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Greene County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH58

Other cities and towns in Greene County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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