ANCESTRY
Top Ten Reported Ancestries, 1990
German: 847
Hungarian: 636
Irish: 633
Finnish: 456
English: 361
Slovak: 319
Polish: 207
Italian: 197
Swedish: 80
Yugoslavian: 52
GEOGRAPHY
Elevation: 610 feet
Land area: 1.04 square miles.
Population density: 3,086 people per square mile
Latitude: 41.75 N, Longitude: 81.27 W
Nearest city with population of 50,000+: Mentor, OH (6.2 miles , pop. 50,278)
Nearest city with population 200,000+: Cleveland, OH (33 miles , pop. 478,403)
Mean travel time to work: 19.9 minutes
Fairport Harbor, at the mouth of the Grand River, is the largest natural harbor in Lake County. The harbor maintains limited commercial traffic. Major products shipped through the port are sand and limestone. Rock salt is the major export.
The village is bordered on three sides by water: on the north by Lake Erie, and on the west and south by the Grand River.
HOUSING PRICES
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007:
Fairport Harbor: $118,009 ($94,800 in 2000)
Ohio: $137,800
Mean housing prices in 2007:
All housing units: $140,077
Detached houses: $129,443
Townhouses or other attached units: $181,018
Two-unit structures: $128,119
Three- to four-unit structures: $263,214
Five-or-more-unit structures: $203,877
INCOME
Estimated median household income in 2007
Fairport Harbor: $40,146 ($35,205 in 2000)
Ohio: $46,597
EDUCATION
Fairport Harding High School
Students: 275
Mckinley Elementary School
Students: 242
Fairport Harbor Public Library
Number of books: 36,007
Audio materials: 3,577
Video materials: 2,417
Serial subscriptions: 118
Degrees attained for population 25 years and older
High school or higher: 83.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 15.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
MARITAL STATUS
For population at least 15 years old in Fairport Harbor Village
Never married: 28.5%
Now married: 47.8%
Separated: 0.7%
Widowed: 8.3%
Divorced: 14.7%
85 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe).
This village: 2.7%
Ohio: 3.0%
OCCUPATIONS
Top occupations by industry (men)
Construction (14%)
Metal and metal products (9%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
Public administration (4%)
Plastics and rubber products (4%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Top occupations by position (men)
Production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Top occupations by industry (women)
Health care (15%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Educational services (9%)
Personal and laundry services (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Top occupations by position (women)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Cashiers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
POPULATION
Population in July 2007: 3,215.
Population change since 2000: +1.1%
Males: 1,591 (49.5%)
Females: 1,624 (50.5%)
Median resident age: 36.8 years
Ohio median age: 36.2 years
PROPERTY TAXES
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000
Fairport Harbor: 1.5% ($1,416)
Ohio: 1.3% ($1,271)
RELIGION
Catholic Church (68%)
United Methodist Church (8%)
Other religions (24%)
RELOCATION
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006
from Cuyahoga County, OH 2.15% ($41,188 average AGI)
from Geauga County, OH 0.44% ($42,836)
from Ashtabula County, OH 0.42% ($34,623)
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and www.city-data.com