Fair Haven vs Proctor

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

Fair Haven and Proctor 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 1,568 in Proctor). Fair Haven has the higher median household income ($65,898 vs $65,375 in Proctor). Proctor has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $163,000 in Fair Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	Proctor
Population	2,435	1,568
Median age	44.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,898	$65,375
Median home value	$163,000	$196,100
Median gross rent	$818	$1,010
Housing units	1,192	685
Homeownership rate	78.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	Proctor
Population	2,247 → 2,435 (+8.4%)	1,386 → 1,568 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$54,333 → $65,898 (+21.3%)	$67,273 → $65,375 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $163,000 (+10.7%)	$164,700 → $196,100 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $818 (-7.2%)	$972 → $1,010 (+3.9%)

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

Proctor

Population

1,3861,568

Median household income

$67,273$65,375

Median home value

$164,700$196,100

Median gross rent

$972$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	Proctor
Under 5	4.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.9%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	Proctor
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	Proctor
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	Proctor
Drove alone	79.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.5%
Public transit	2.6%	0.7%
Walked	3.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	8.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	Proctor
1-unit, detached	65.7%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	Proctor
Poverty rate	16.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1941	1938