Fairlawn, Ohio.
Typical home $318,061 (+3.9% in a year). Akron, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Fairlawn
Fairlawn’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Fairlawn is in Summit County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 3 school districts: Akron City, Copley-Fairlawn City and Revere Local. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$912 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,979 +4%
- $306,082$318,061 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,318 +27%
- $250,743$318,061 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Fairlawn$1,669
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Fairlawn, OH rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Fairlawn, Summit County, Ohio
Fairlawn is a city of 7,710 people in Summit County. Half its households earn more than $97,055 a year and half less, against $71,622 across Summit County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Summit County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Fairlawn is a small city in Summit County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run well above the county's. Residents are older than in much of the country, a large majority of adults hold a four-year degree, and few households live below the poverty line. Winters are cold and the summers are warm, with a good deal of rain and melted snow across the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, banks, insurance and property, and shops. Among the largest workplaces in Fairlawn are Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center, Continental AG and The Village of St. Edward. Many people work from home, and the typical commute is a short one. Across Summit County, jobs dipped slightly last year, and unemployment has eased compared with a year earlier.
Things to do. Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a short drive away, and the Akron Art Museum and the Akron Zoo are close by as well. For a longer outing, the Cleveland Museum of Art is a longer drive away, and it is among the better known museums in the region.
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- 3,530households
- 61%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 28%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Summit County had 259,891 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 60°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Stow Southeast weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fairlawn
- Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic CenterOrthopedic hospitals1,058
- Continental AGPlastics and rubber belts and hoses manufacturing277
- The Village of St. EdwardContinuing care retirement communities269
- WalmartDiscount department stores170
- Sam's ClubWarehouse clubs and supercenters156
- Ohnh EMPNursing care facilities139
- RDA ManagementHotel management services124
- TargetDiscount department stores117
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 20 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,911 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fairlawn’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Summit County and the Akron, OH metro.
Fairlawn home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Fairlawn$318,061
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Fairlawn listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Fairlawn24.00%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Fairlawn36
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Fairlawn15
Zip codes with a Fairlawn address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Fairlawn — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.