Fairport is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,680 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Fairport is the 342nd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Fairport was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Fairport is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fairport is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairport who work in management occupations (12.98%), sales jobs (10.92%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.28%).

Also of interest is that Fairport has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Fairport is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Fairport is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Fairport really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fairport perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.34 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small village, Fairport doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Fairport Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Fairport is a pretty powerful place. 46.54% of the adults in Fairport have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Fairport in 2000 was $29,390, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,560 for a family of four.

The people who call Fairport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fairport is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fairport include German, Italian, Irish, English, Polish, Scottish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Fairport is English. Some people also speak Italian.