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Port Clinton city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Port Clinton city is a Census city of 5,970 people across 2.13 square miles of land, in Ottawa County. Median household income is $60,909, 67.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 32 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.3 m.
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Port Clinton
What Port Clinton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.13 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,802
- County holding the largest share of its areaOttawa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Clinton
How many people live in Port Clinton
- Population5,970
- Median age44.3
- Population under 181,192 plus or minus 240
- Share under 1820.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over1,473
- Share 65 and over24.7 percent
- Households2,716
- Family households1,512
- Share of households that are families55.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Clinton
Income and work in Port Clinton
- Median household income$60,909
- Per capita income$34,335
- Civilian labor force2,931
- Employed2,801
- Unemployed130 plus or minus 97
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over4,316
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Clinton
Housing in Port Clinton
- Housing units3,711
- Occupied units2,716
- Vacant units995 plus or minus 218
- Vacancy rate26.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied1,845
- Renter occupied871
- Ownership rate67.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$152,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$934
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent
- Single family units2,298
- Share single family61.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,211 plus or minus 247
- Share in buildings of two or more32.6 percent
- Mobile homes202 plus or minus 78
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Clinton
How Port Clinton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,558
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,148 plus or minus 270
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more679 plus or minus 191
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone75.4 percent
- Carpooled12.8 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Clinton
SBA 7(a) lending to Port Clinton borrowers
- Approvals32
- Gross approval$10,297,700
- Average approval$321,803
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,200,000
- Largest approval$2,200,000
- Jobs supported378
- Jobs per approval11.8
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.5 percent
- Share to franchises3.1 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Port Clinton
SBA 504 lending to Port Clinton borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$5,124,000
- Average approval$512,400
- Median approval$426,000
- Largest approval$1,289,000
- Jobs supported62
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Port Clinton
Flood programme status in Port Clinton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390434
- Currently effective map date12/01/22
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Ottawa County, not Port Clinton
Ottawa County context, not Port Clinton figures
These are Ottawa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Port Clinton measurements.
- Establishments in Ottawa County1,026
- Employment at those establishments, Ottawa County10,686
- Covered employment, Ottawa County14,146
- Average annual pay, Ottawa County$53,467
- Average weekly wage, Ottawa County$1,028
- Housing units permitted, Ottawa County126
- Of those, single family, Ottawa County122
- County product, 2024, Ottawa County$2,597,431,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ottawa County-2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ottawa County$84,765
Every figure in this section is published for Ottawa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Port Clinton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Port Clinton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Port Clinton, Ohio?
5,970, in 2,716 households. Port Clinton city covers 2.13 square miles of land, which is 2,802 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Port Clinton in?
Ottawa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Port Clinton?
$60,909. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $152,300. Median gross rent is $934 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Port Clinton businesses?
32 7(a) approvals totalling $10.3 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 10 504 approvals worth $5.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Port Clinton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Port Clinton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Port Clinton. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Port Clinton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Port Clinton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390434, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Port Clinton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ottawa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Port Clinton.
Is zoning published for Port Clinton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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