A typical Fair Haven home is worth roughly $189,000
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Fair Haven?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.3 years of income
Less than across New York (6.1 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Fair Haven home, with $9K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $20 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fair Haven’s typical property tax (1.77% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
81% of Fair Haven households own their home
Half of Fair Haven’s homes were built before 1943.
New York: 54% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290
Renters already here pay a median of $469, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Rochester, NY MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Fair Haven in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 2 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of New York as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Fair Haven has permitted 25 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Fair Haven gained 15 residents while 26 new homes were permitted: about 0.6 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. 43% of Fair Haven's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across New York: 2.2 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $625,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $625,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $625,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $625,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $625,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $940,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 2 | $621,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $192,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $575,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $571,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $641,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $191,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $110,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $295,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $90,000 |
Fair Haven's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Fair Haven vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Fair Haven. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven | $189K* | — | $1,290 | 2 | $57,390 |
| Sterling | $141K* | — | $1,290 | 5 | $59,750 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Fair Haven buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.