Fairport Harbor vs Madison

A side-by-side comparison of Fairport Harbor and Madison: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairport Harbor and Madison are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Madison has the higher population (3,427 vs 3,092 in Fairport Harbor). Madison has the higher median household income ($95,313 vs $56,184 in Fairport Harbor). Madison has the higher median home value ($190,900 vs $135,500 in Fairport Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
Population	3,092	3,427
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,184	$95,313
Median home value	$135,500	$190,900
Median gross rent	$846	$888
Housing units	1,704	1,427
Homeownership rate	58.6%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
Population	3,077 → 3,092 (+0.5%)	3,172 → 3,427 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$49,972 → $56,184 (+12.4%)	$59,511 → $95,313 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $135,500 (+29.7%)	$154,200 → $190,900 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $846 (+8.6%)	$773 → $888 (+14.9%)

Fairport Harbor

Population

3,0773,092

Median household income

$49,972$56,184

Median home value

$104,500$135,500

Median gross rent

$779$846

Madison

Population

3,1723,427

Median household income

$59,511$95,313

Median home value

$154,200$190,900

Median gross rent

$773$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
Under 5	1.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.7%
75 and over	5.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	96.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
Drove alone	79.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	6.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	12.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
1-unit, detached	56.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairport Harbor	Madison
Poverty rate	21.9%	5.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1938	1977