Fair Haven vs West Rutland

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

Fair Haven and West Rutland 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 2,144 in West Rutland). Fair Haven has the higher median household income ($65,898 vs $53,373 in West Rutland). West Rutland has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $163,000 in Fair Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
Population	2,435	2,144
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,898	$53,373
Median home value	$163,000	$178,300
Median gross rent	$818	$1,051
Housing units	1,192	1,018
Homeownership rate	78.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
Population	2,247 → 2,435 (+8.4%)	2,175 → 2,144 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$54,333 → $65,898 (+21.3%)	$51,218 → $53,373 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $163,000 (+10.7%)	$145,700 → $178,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $818 (-7.2%)	$813 → $1,051 (+29.3%)

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

West Rutland

Population

2,1752,144

Median household income

$51,218$53,373

Median home value

$145,700$178,300

Median gross rent

$813$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
Under 5	4.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.6%
75 and over	9.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
Drove alone	79.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	2.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.5%
Walked	3.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	11.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
1-unit, detached	65.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fair Haven	West Rutland
Poverty rate	16.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1941	1938