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Houses for Rent in Fairfax, Cleveland

Fairfax is an east-side Cleveland neighborhood in ZIP code 44104, adjacent to the Cleveland Clinic's main campus. It's one of the areas where we manage the most rental homes, with 2- and 3-bedroom houses typically running $700-$1,300 a month, and every home accepts Housing Choice Vouchers.

Renting a house in Fairfax

Fairfax is an east-side Cleveland neighborhood in ZIP code 44104, directly adjacent to the Cleveland Clinic's main campus, one of the region's largest employers. The neighborhood's housing stock is predominantly early-1900s single-family and two-family homes on grid-pattern residential streets running east from the Clinic campus toward Kinsman.

The neighborhood has also been shaped by the Opportunity Corridor boulevard project, which runs along Fairfax's southern edge connecting University Circle to I-490 near East 105th Street, and by ongoing Cleveland Clinic campus expansion along Carnegie and Euclid Avenues. For renters working in health care or education, the short commute to the Clinic or nearby University Circle institutions is one of the neighborhood's practical draws.

Fairfax and the surrounding Central/Kinsman ZIP 44104 area is one of the neighborhoods where we manage the most rental homes citywide — see current availability or apply online if you're ready to move forward. Every home we manage in this area is Section 8-friendly and HUD-inspection-ready.

How much does it cost to rent a house in Fairfax?

Across our Cleveland portfolio, rents range from about $700 to $1,800 a month, with a typical rent near $1,000, and 44104 is one of our higher-volume ZIP codes. Citywide, Zumper's July 4, 2026 report set the median asking rent at $1,250/mo (2-bedroom median $1,100, 3-bedroom median $1,350), while RentCafe's July 2, 2026 report of larger professionally-managed apartment buildings put the citywide average at $1,564/mo. Both describe Cleveland as a whole rather than Fairfax specifically, since neither source breaks out rents by individual neighborhood.

Getting around Fairfax

Fairfax benefits from proximity to two major transit corridors: the HealthLine bus rapid transit route runs along Euclid Avenue just north of the neighborhood, connecting Public Square Downtown to University Circle, and RTA bus routes run along Cedar Avenue and Woodland Avenue through the neighborhood itself. The Cleveland Clinic main campus sits at the neighborhood's northern edge, and Downtown Cleveland is roughly 2-3 miles west via Cedar Avenue or Community College Boulevard.

• ZIP code: 44104
• Transit: RTA bus routes on Cedar and Woodland Avenues; HealthLine BRT nearby on Euclid Avenue
• Landmark: Adjacent to the Cleveland Clinic main campus
• Distance to Downtown: Roughly 2-3 miles
• Neighboring areas: Central, Kinsman, Hough

Section 8 and vouchers in Fairfax

Every rental home we manage in Fairfax and the surrounding 44104 area accepts Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) and is HUD-inspection-ready — this is one of our core service areas. Keep in mind that the City of Cleveland does not have a source-of-income protection ordinance, so voucher acceptance here is a landlord choice rather than a legal requirement; Cleveland's 2024 "Pay to Stay" ordinance notably left source-of-income protections out of its final language. Applicants can start a Housing Choice Voucher application year-round through CMHA's online portal. For a full walkthrough of income limits, inspections, and the application process, see our Cleveland Section 8 guide.

Comparing Fairfax to nearby neighborhoods

Fairfax sits between the Central neighborhood and Hough, both areas where we also manage rental homes. If you're comparing options across the east side, our Houses for Rent in Cleveland OH pillar page rounds up rent ranges citywide, and the Cleveland rentals hub links out to every neighborhood we cover.

If you need a specific bedroom count or a firmer budget ceiling, tell us when you book a showing — we can point you toward comparable homes elsewhere in our East Cleveland portfolio if nothing in Fairfax currently matches.

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