It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fair Haven has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fair Haven has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fair Haven than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fair Haven may be for you.
One downside of living in Fair Haven, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.57 minutes every day commuting to work.
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 education level of Fair Haven citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.82% of adults in Fair Haven 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.
