Fair Haven vs Melrose Park

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

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

Melrose Park has the higher population (1,951 vs 956 in Fair Haven). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($103,472 vs $60,694 in Fair Haven). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $184,100 in Fair Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
Population	956	1,951
Median age	52.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,694	$103,472
Median home value	$184,100	$203,200
Median gross rent	$476	$1,488
Housing units	846	894
Homeownership rate	75.2%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
Population	806 → 956 (+18.6%)	2,425 → 1,951 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $60,694 (-1.7%)	$97,656 → $103,472 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $184,100 (+67.4%)	$167,700 → $203,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $476 (-36.0%)	$1,078 → $1,488 (+38.0%)

Fair Haven

Population

806956

Median household income

$61,750$60,694

Median home value

$110,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$744$476

Melrose Park

Population

2,4251,951

Median household income

$97,656$103,472

Median home value

$167,700$203,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
Under 5	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.4%
75 and over	16.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.4%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
Drove alone	70.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
1-unit, detached	81.7%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	Melrose Park
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1945	1958