Photo: Pbalson8204 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFairport Harbor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Measured by household income, Fairport Harbor is behind 85% of U.S. towns. There are 519 jobs in Fairport Harbor, against 1,396 working residents. Fairport Harbor grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Fairport Harbor
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fairport Harbor is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #841 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Fairport Harbor’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairport Harbor could be anywhere from D to B+.
Fairport Harbor on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,320 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Fairport Harbor on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Mentor
Where Fairport Harbor clocks in
19% of workers
13% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Fairport Harbor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairport Harbor, 2014 → 2024: 617 → 519. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairport Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Fairport Harbor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairport Harbor workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,461 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Fairport Harbor’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Fairport Harbor
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairport Harbor is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #93 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,587 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.5% of Fairport Harbor households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fairport Harbor’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,324th of 4,562: where Fairport Harbor ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,322 | Girard KS | 2,476 | $40K | 16.1% | 2.2% | 26% | C |
| 3,323 | Stevensville MT | 2,259 | $60K | 13.6% | 3.5% | 11% | C |
| 3,324 | Fairport Harbor OH | 3,087 | $52K | 23.3% | 5.3% | 5% | C |
| 3,325 | Clyde TX | 4,024 | $68K | 14.0% | 6.4% | 15% | C |
| 3,326 | Colonial Beach VA | 4,151 | $61K | 24.4% | 1.3% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fairport Harbor, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 11% of Fairport Harbor
The biggest share goes to Painesville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairport Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairport Harbor | – | C | A− | 22 min | $52,308 |
| Painesville | 7% | C− | A | 20 min | $51,516 |
| Painesville Township | 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Grand River | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Painesville Township: not graded. Grand River: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairport Harbor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fairport Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Fairport Harbor?
$52,308 (±$19,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairport Harbor?
23.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairport Harbor?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairport Harbor work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mentor (19%, 5 mi), Cleveland (13%, 28 mi), Painesville (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fairport Harbor walkable?
Fairport Harbor is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairport Harbor without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairport Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairport Harbor
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.