Fair Haven vs Poultney

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

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

Fair Haven has the higher population (2,435 vs 1,105 in Poultney). Fair Haven has the higher median household income ($65,898 vs $61,597 in Poultney). Poultney has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $163,000 in Fair Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	Poultney
Population	2,435	1,105
Median age	44.9 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,898	$61,597
Median home value	$163,000	$175,000
Median gross rent	$818	$833
Housing units	1,192	460
Homeownership rate	78.5%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	Poultney
Population	2,247 → 2,435 (+8.4%)	1,545 → 1,105 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$54,333 → $65,898 (+21.3%)	$36,667 → $61,597 (+68.0%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $163,000 (+10.7%)	$135,100 → $175,000 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $818 (-7.2%)	$769 → $833 (+8.3%)

Fair Haven

Population

2,2472,435

Median household income

$54,333$65,898

Median home value

$147,300$163,000

Median gross rent

$881$818

Poultney

Population

1,5451,105

Median household income

$36,667$61,597

Median home value

$135,100$175,000

Median gross rent

$769$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	Poultney
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	29.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	5.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.6%
75 and over	9.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	Poultney
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	Poultney
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	Poultney
Drove alone	79.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	1.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.8%
Walked	3.3%	15.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.1%
Other means	2.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	Poultney
1-unit, detached	65.7%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	38.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	Poultney
Poverty rate	16.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1941	1938