Work & commute · Fairport Harbor

Work & commute in Fairport Harbor, OH

Most working residents leave Fairport Harbor for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mentor (18%), Cleveland (10%) and Painesville (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,400 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,337 Fairport Harbor residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairport Harbor.

1,337live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairport Harbor goes to work

Mentor5.1 mi away

18%258

Cleveland28.1 mi away

10%137

Painesville1.9 mi away

9%122

Willoughby10.2 mi away

6%83

Fairport Harbor (in town)right here

5%63

Concord5.7 mi away

4%56

Painesville4.4 mi away

4%53

Euclid16.7 mi away

3%42

Eastlake10.2 mi away

2%30

Shaker Heights23.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%531

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fairport Harbor commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

27%

19%

45%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairport Harbor is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairport Harbor are

494 jobs are based in Fairport Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairport Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairport Harbor

494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fairport Harbor residents hold

1,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−25%

Jobs based in Fairport Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 661 → 494. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.