Fairport Harbor vs Mentor-on-the-Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Fairport Harbor and Mentor-on-the-Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mentor-on-the-Lake has the higher population (7,117 vs 3,092 in Fairport Harbor). Mentor-on-the-Lake has the higher median household income ($61,320 vs $56,184 in Fairport Harbor). Mentor-on-the-Lake has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $135,500 in Fairport Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Population	3,092	7,117
Median age	44.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,184	$61,320
Median home value	$135,500	$171,200
Median gross rent	$846	$1,021
Housing units	1,704	3,867
Homeownership rate	58.6%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Population	3,077 → 3,092 (+0.5%)	7,391 → 7,117 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$49,972 → $56,184 (+12.4%)	$54,642 → $61,320 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $135,500 (+29.7%)	$133,200 → $171,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $846 (+8.6%)	$902 → $1,021 (+13.2%)

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

Mentor-on-the-Lake

Population

7,3917,117

Median household income

$54,642$61,320

Median home value

$133,200$171,200

Median gross rent

$902$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Under 5	1.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	23.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.4%
75 and over	5.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Drove alone	79.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
1-unit, detached	56.7%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairport Harbor	Mentor-on-the-Lake
Poverty rate	21.9%	8.9%
Average household size	1.98	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1938	1974