Fair Haven vs Meridian

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

Fair Haven and Meridian 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 167 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $60,694 in Fair Haven). Fair Haven has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $129,200 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	Meridian
Population	956	167
Median age	52.0 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,694	$83,333
Median home value	$184,100	$129,200
Median gross rent	$476	$914
Housing units	846	83
Homeownership rate	75.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	Meridian
Population	806 → 956 (+18.6%)	312 → 167 (-46.5%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $60,694 (-1.7%)	$86,563 → $83,333 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $184,100 (+67.4%)	$101,500 → $129,200 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $476 (-36.0%)	$692 → $914 (+32.1%)

Fair Haven

Population

806956

Median household income

$61,750$60,694

Median home value

$110,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$744$476

Meridian

Population

312167

Median household income

$86,563$83,333

Median home value

$101,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$692$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	Meridian
Under 5	4.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	25.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.6%
75 and over	16.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	Meridian
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	Meridian
Drove alone	70.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	Meridian
1-unit, detached	81.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	Meridian
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1945	1941