Fairhaven vs Meire Grove

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

Fairhaven and Meire Grove 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 170 in Meire Grove). Fairhaven has the higher median household income ($92,143 vs $68,125 in Meire Grove). Fairhaven has the higher median home value ($237,100 vs $164,600 in Meire Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
Population	279	170
Median age	49.8 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,143	$68,125
Median home value	$237,100	$164,600
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	154	68
Homeownership rate	95.8%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
Population	416 → 279 (-32.9%)	191 → 170 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $92,143 (+50.4%)	$59,583 → $68,125 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$157,700 → $237,100 (+50.3%)	$101,600 → $164,600 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $915 (-1.3%)	$646 → $750 (+16.1%)

Fairhaven

Population

416279

Median household income

$61,250$92,143

Median home value

$157,700$237,100

Median gross rent

$927$915

Meire Grove

Population

191170

Median household income

$59,583$68,125

Median home value

$101,600$164,600

Median gross rent

$646$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
Under 5	7.2%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	14.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	28.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	25.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	4.1%
75 and over	8.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
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	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
No high school diploma	13.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	22.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
Drove alone	72.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
1-unit, detached	89.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairhaven	Meire Grove
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1987	1968