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A town of 1,587, settled in 1857.
Fair Haven Township’s best subject grades are an A− for schools and a B+ for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Fair Haven Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, above both Minnesota’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 3 of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Fair Haven Township. Homes are expensive, about $352K for a typical one and 4.6 times the St. Cloud metro’s $76K median household income. Fair Haven Flour Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fair Haven Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Fair Haven Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Fair Haven Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1867 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fair Haven Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Fair Haven Township.
Most working residents leave Fair Haven Township for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (22%), Annandale (4%) and Clearwater (3%).
| Fair Haven Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fair Haven Township beats the Minnesota average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 29% of adults feel lonely in Fair Haven Township, below both the Minnesota town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Fair Haven Township.
| Fair Haven Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fair Haven Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 11.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 25.3% | 22.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fair Haven Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Fair Haven Township is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fair Haven Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Fair Haven Mill Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fair Haven Township
About 1 of every 100 Fair Haven Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Township in Minnesota, United States
Fair Haven Township is a township in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,507 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Fairhaven is located within Fair Haven Township. Fair Haven Township was organized in 1859, and was descriptively named by first settlers.
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5 towns share a border with Fair Haven Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven Township | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Southside Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
| Fairhaven | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maine Prairie Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Lynden Township | — | — | B− | — | C | A− |
| St. Augusta | #187 | B | B− | — | C− | A− |
Fair Haven Township, Southside Township, Maine Prairie Township and Lynden Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fair Haven Township, Southside Township, Maine Prairie Township, Lynden Township and St. Augusta report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairhaven isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fair Haven Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cloud, MN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.