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.

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.

One downside of living in Fair Haven, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.10 minutes every day commuting to work.

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, 21.61% have at least a bachelor's 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.