Cato vs Fair Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Cato and Fair Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Cato and Fair Haven are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fair Haven has the higher population (956 vs 400 in Cato). Cato has the higher median household income ($65,982 vs $60,694 in Fair Haven). Fair Haven has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $154,600 in Cato).

Population, income & housing

	Cato	Fair Haven
Population	400	956
Median age	38.0 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,982	$60,694
Median home value	$154,600	$184,100
Median gross rent	$840	$476
Housing units	190	846
Homeownership rate	64.2%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cato	Fair Haven
Population	521 → 400 (-23.2%)	806 → 956 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$55,893 → $65,982 (+18.1%)	$61,750 → $60,694 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $154,600 (+41.1%)	$110,000 → $184,100 (+67.4%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $840 (+12.9%)	$744 → $476 (-36.0%)

Cato

Population

521400

Median household income

$55,893$65,982

Median home value

$109,600$154,600

Median gross rent

$744$840

Fair Haven

Population

806956

Median household income

$61,750$60,694

Median home value

$110,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$744$476

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cato	Fair Haven
Under 5	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.4%
75 and over	4.8%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cato	Fair Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cato	Fair Haven
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	41.3%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cato	Fair Haven
Drove alone	78.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cato	Fair Haven
1-unit, detached	66.3%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Cato	Fair Haven
Poverty rate	8.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945