Fairhaven vs Miranda

A side-by-side comparison of Fairhaven and Miranda: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairhaven and Miranda are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Miranda has the higher population (380 vs 314 in Fairhaven). Fairhaven has the higher median home value ($421,900 vs $402,400 in Miranda). Since 2019, Fairhaven's population has grown faster (+77.4% vs -37.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhaven	Miranda
Population	314	380
Median age	54.4 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,453	—
Median home value	$421,900	$402,400
Median gross rent	$1,606	—
Housing units	146	194
Homeownership rate	51.8%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhaven	Miranda
Population	177 → 314 (+77.4%)	605 → 380 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$43,393 → $79,453 (+83.1%)	—
Median home value	$304,300 → $421,900 (+38.6%)	$302,200 → $402,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,606 (+66.8%)	$919 → $1,123 (+22.2%)

Fairhaven

Population

177314

Median household income

$43,393$79,453

Median home value

$304,300$421,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,606

Miranda

Population

605380

Median home value

$302,200$402,400

Median gross rent

$919$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhaven	Miranda
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.8%	37.1%
18 to 24	20.7%	19.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	3.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	27.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.1%	15.0%
75 and over	1.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhaven	Miranda
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	56.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	43.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhaven	Miranda
No high school diploma	21.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.3%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhaven	Miranda
Drove alone	59.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	16.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhaven	Miranda
1-unit, detached	87.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairhaven	Miranda
Poverty rate	10.6%	66.8%
Average household size	2.19	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1953	1994