Fairlawn is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 7,326 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Fairlawn is the 242nd largest community in Ohio.

Fairlawn is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.75% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fairlawn is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairlawn who work in sales jobs (15.23%), management occupations (14.41%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.11%).

Of important note, Fairlawn is also a city of artists. Fairlawn has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fairlawn's character.

Also of interest is that Fairlawn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Fairlawn is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Fairlawn is a very car-oriented city. 97.76% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Fairlawn is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Fairlawn has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small city, Fairlawn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Fairlawn Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Fairlawn is a pretty powerful place. 46.23% of the adults in Fairlawn have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Fairlawn in 2000 was $34,927, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,708 for a family of four.

The people who call Fairlawn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fairlawn is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fairlawn include German, Italian, Irish, English, Polish, Lebanese, Hungarian, Greek, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Fairlawn is English.