Fair Haven vs Union Springs

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

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

Union Springs has the higher population (1,274 vs 956 in Fair Haven). Union Springs has the higher median household income ($95,282 vs $60,694 in Fair Haven). Fair Haven has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $163,400 in Union Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
Population	956	1,274
Median age	52.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,694	$95,282
Median home value	$184,100	$163,400
Median gross rent	$476	$875
Housing units	846	535
Homeownership rate	75.2%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
Population	806 → 956 (+18.6%)	1,042 → 1,274 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $60,694 (-1.7%)	$65,750 → $95,282 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $184,100 (+67.4%)	$118,500 → $163,400 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $476 (-36.0%)	$547 → $875 (+60.0%)

Fair Haven

Population

806956

Median household income

$61,750$60,694

Median home value

$110,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$744$476

Union Springs

Population

1,0421,274

Median household income

$65,750$95,282

Median home value

$118,500$163,400

Median gross rent

$547$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
Under 5	4.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	21.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.3%
75 and over	16.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	37.4%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
Drove alone	70.5%	63.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
1-unit, detached	81.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	Union Springs
Poverty rate	11.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1945	1938