Fair Haven is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,999 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fair Haven is the 196th largest community in Michigan.
Also of interest is that Fair Haven has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Fair Haven has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fair Haven a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Fair Haven is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fair Haven, the average commute to work is 30.67 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Fair Haven doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Fair Haven are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.84% of adults in Fair Haven having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fair Haven in 2022 was $41,009, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,036 for a family of four. However, Fair Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fair Haven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Haven residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fair Haven include German, Polish, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Fair Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.