Fair Haven is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,979 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fair Haven is the 196th largest community in Michigan.Fair Haven is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fair Haven is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fair Haven who work in management occupations (19.54%), office and administrative support (8.08%), and sales jobs (6.37%). Of important note, Fair Haven is also a town of artists. Fair Haven has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fair Haven’s character. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Fair Haven is worth considering. 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 32.57 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Fair Haven does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Fair Haven overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Fair Haven, 22.82% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fair Haven in 2022 was $41,446, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,784 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.
