Fair Haven has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Fair Haven has 99 jobs for 271 working residents. Only 4% stay in Fair Haven for work; outside it, Wolcott is the main destination (8%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Fair Haven
Time on the road from Fair Haven: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fair Haven workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 410 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Fair Haven by day and by night
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Fair Haven on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where the trip to work from Fair Haven ends
Where Fair Haven clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Fair Haven: what the 99 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fair Haven, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 99. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fair Haven
About 19% 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.
Work in the towns next to Fair Haven
The biggest share goes to Sterling (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fair Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven | – | — | — | 27 min | $57,390 |
| Sterling | 7% | C | B− | 27 min | $59,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fair Haven’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: questions
What is the median household income in Fair Haven?
$57,390 (±$17,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fair Haven?
9.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fair Haven?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fair Haven work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wolcott (8%, 5 mi), Oswego (7%, 14 mi), Sterling (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fair Haven without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fair Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fair Haven
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.