Elrosa vs Fairhaven

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

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

Fairhaven has the higher population (279 vs 194 in Elrosa). Fairhaven has the higher median household income ($92,143 vs $54,375 in Elrosa). Fairhaven has the higher median home value ($237,100 vs $164,100 in Elrosa).

Population, income & housing

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
Population	194	279
Median age	46.3 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$92,143
Median home value	$164,100	$237,100
Housing units	91	154
Homeownership rate	94.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
Population	219 → 194 (-11.4%)	416 → 279 (-32.9%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $54,375 (+29.9%)	$61,250 → $92,143 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $164,100 (+31.3%)	$157,700 → $237,100 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$927 → $915 (-1.3%)

Elrosa

Population

219194

Median household income

$41,875$54,375

Median home value

$125,000$164,100

Fairhaven

Population

416279

Median household income

$61,250$92,143

Median home value

$157,700$237,100

Median gross rent

$927$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
Under 5	6.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.2%	25.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	22.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	31.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
Drove alone	94.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
1-unit, detached	94.5%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Elrosa	Fairhaven
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1980	1987