Ohio · Census place 3926166

Fairlawn, Ohio

Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio with an estimated 7,773 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 202nd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,773
#202 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+66 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
Density
1,701 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Fairlawn. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Fairlawn population, 2020 to 2024

Fairlawn added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +73. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 73rd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Fairlawn is 56% of it.

7,70720207,69020217,67220227,70020237,7732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,714. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fairlawn covers 4.57 square miles of land, for 1,701 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Fairlawn is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fairlawn is in

All of Fairlawn's residents live in Summit County, which had 538,370 residents in 2024. Fairlawn holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fairlawn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairlawn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44333. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fairlawn is

The Census internal point of Fairlawn is at 41.131000, -81.622300. Columbus, the capital, is 108.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cuyahoga Falls, OH (50,979 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 6.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.131000, -81.622300
DMS
41°07'51.60"N 81°37'20.28"W
UTM
17N 447767.2E 4553486.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HW49JH+C3

Daylight in Fairlawn

At 41.13° N, Fairlawn gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fairlawn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Cuyahoga Falls, 5.1 miles away, with 50,979 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fairlawn, OH?

7,773 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (0.9%) from 7,707 in July 2020.

What county is Fairlawn in?

Summit County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Fairlawn?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44333.

How far is Fairlawn from Columbus?

108.5 miles (174.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fairlawn.

What is the nearest larger city to Fairlawn?

Cuyahoga Falls, OH, with 50,979 residents, 5.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.