Best PlacesFairport Harbor, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairport Harbor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fairport Harbor ranks 18,422nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fairport Harbor
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fairport Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairport Harbor ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
Where Fairport Harbor ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fairport Harbor
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairport Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,030, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fairport Harbor's effective rate of 1.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fairport Harbor
Fairport Harbor's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fairport Harbor.
Who works in Fairport Harbor, and how
Work in Fairport Harbor centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fairport Harbor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fairport Harbor.
What the weather is like in Fairport Harbor, month by month
Fairport Harbor sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fairport Harbor
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 38 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fairport Harbor
Schools across Fairport Harbor average a C−, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Elm Street Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairport Harding High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Harvey High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairport Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairport Harbor measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fairport Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fairport Harbor
Is Fairport Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairport Harbor ranks 18,422nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairport Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,660. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $60,030 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Fairport Harbor safe?
Fairport Harbor is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $434 per resident a year.
Compare Fairport Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairport Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairport Harbor represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fairport Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairport Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairport Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairport Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairport Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairport Harbor detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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