Fair Haven is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,965 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fair Haven is the 196th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fair Haven is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fair Haven is a town of managers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fair Haven who work in management occupations (19.71%), office and administrative support (6.58%), and sales jobs (6.39%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Fair Haven, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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 21.61% of adults in Fair Haven having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Fair Haven in 2022 was $43,532, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,128 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, Irish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Fair Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
