Fair Haven Flour Mill · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Fair Haven Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Fair Haven Township itself; outside it, St. Cloud draws the most (22%, 12 miles). 86 jobs are based in Fair Haven Township for 712 working residents. For jobs and income Fair Haven Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fair Haven Township apart
Fair Haven Township is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Fair Haven Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fair Haven Township has about 960 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fair Haven Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 712 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Fair Haven Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Fair Haven Township’s grade up ($89,034, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Fair Haven Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fair Haven Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Fair Haven Township by day and by night
On a workday 706 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Fair Haven Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Fair Haven Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fair Haven Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 546 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Fair Haven Township: the destinations
Where Fair Haven Township clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
35% of the jobs in Fair Haven Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fair Haven Township, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 86. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fair Haven Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fair Haven Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Fair Haven Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Fair Haven Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fair Haven Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fair Haven Township is 1,786th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,784 | Milford Township KS | 1,627 | $94K | 5.3% | 2.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,785 | Owls Head ME | 1,494 | $87K | 5.7% | 3.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,786 | Fair Haven Township MN | 1,587 | $89K | 10.4% | 4.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,787 | Fairmount Heights MD | 1,528 | $79K | 24.4% | 5.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,788 | Cottonwood MN | 1,138 | $98K | 7.1% | 1.3% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fair Haven Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Fair Haven Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lynden Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fair Haven Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven Township | – | B | C− | 34 min | $89,034 |
| Southside Township | under 3% | B− | D | 35 min | $81,429 |
| Maine Prairie Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $100,313 |
| Lynden Township | 3% | B+ | D− | 30 min | $112,083 |
| St. Augusta | under 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $140,227 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fair Haven Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fair Haven Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fair Haven Township?
$89,034 (±$8,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fair Haven Township?
10.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fair Haven Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fair Haven Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (22%, 12 mi), Annandale (4%, 8 mi), Clearwater (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fair Haven Township walkable?
Fair Haven Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fair Haven Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fair Haven Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fair Haven Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.