Fair Haven vs Rutland

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

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

Rutland has the higher population (15,747 vs 2,435 in Fair Haven). Fair Haven has the higher median household income ($65,898 vs $55,000 in Rutland). Rutland has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $163,000 in Fair Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	Rutland
Population	2,435	15,747
Median age	44.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,898	$55,000
Median home value	$163,000	$176,400
Median gross rent	$818	$942
Housing units	1,192	8,445
Homeownership rate	78.5%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	Rutland
Population	2,247 → 2,435 (+8.4%)	15,398 → 15,747 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$54,333 → $65,898 (+21.3%)	$48,212 → $55,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $163,000 (+10.7%)	$153,300 → $176,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $818 (-7.2%)	$780 → $942 (+20.8%)

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

Rutland

Population

15,39815,747

Median household income

$48,212$55,000

Median home value

$153,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$780$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	Rutland
Under 5	4.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.5%
75 and over	9.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	Rutland
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	Rutland
Drove alone	79.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.4%
Public transit	2.6%	1.1%
Walked	3.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	Rutland
1-unit, detached	65.7%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	29.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	Rutland
Poverty rate	16.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	15
Median year structure built	1941	1938