Oak Harbor vs Port Clinton

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Harbor and Port Clinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Clinton has the higher population (5,999 vs 2,555 in Oak Harbor). Port Clinton has the higher median household income ($58,524 vs $46,939 in Oak Harbor). Port Clinton has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $134,700 in Oak Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
Population	2,555	5,999
Median age	37.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,939	$58,524
Median home value	$134,700	$142,100
Median gross rent	$764	$882
Housing units	1,326	3,756
Homeownership rate	70.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
Population	2,710 → 2,555 (-5.7%)	6,197 → 5,999 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$43,922 → $46,939 (+6.9%)	$42,045 → $58,524 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $134,700 (+10.2%)	$110,800 → $142,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $764 (+15.2%)	$621 → $882 (+42.0%)

Oak Harbor

Population

2,7102,555

Median household income

$43,922$46,939

Median home value

$122,200$134,700

Median gross rent

$663$764

Port Clinton

Population

6,1975,999

Median household income

$42,045$58,524

Median home value

$110,800$142,100

Median gross rent

$621$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
Under 5	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	21.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.1%
75 and over	9.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
Drove alone	80.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
1-unit, detached	70.1%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.2%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Harbor	Port Clinton
Poverty rate	7.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1952	1958