About New Haven, CT (Fair Haven) Real Estate Prices and Overview Fair Haven median real estate price is $434,078, which is more expensive than 46.3% of the neighborhoods in Connecticut and 57.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. The average rental price in Fair Haven is currently $2,219, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 61.6% of Connecticut neighborhoods. Fair Haven is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in New Haven, Connecticut. Fair Haven real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Fair Haven neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969. Home and apartment vacancy rates are 7.3% in Fair Haven. 蘑菇视频 analysis shows that this rate is lower than 50.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies. Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics Notable & Unique: Real Estate Corner bodegas, stores on the first floor and apartments above, former grand Victorian residences converted into apartments, three-deckers built shoulder-to-shoulder, duplexes. Such building types define the real estate of neighborhoods dominated by small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. Many are in older core neighborhoods of Eastern and Midwestern cities, or historic town centers in their hinterlands. If you wax romantic about the look and feel of such neighborhoods, with fresh pizza, falafel and an independent florist at the corner, then you might find the Fair Haven neighborhood worth a close look. This neighborhood is an absolutely outstanding example of the dominance of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings compared to neighborhoods across the nation, as they make up a substantial portion of this neighborhood's real estate stock. In fact, no less than 67.8% of the real estate here is made up of such dwellings, which is higher than 99.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Notable & Unique: People Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Fair Haven neighborhood about it; they already know. 22.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than 蘑菇视频 found in 98.3% of American neighborhoods. Further 蘑菇视频 research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality. Notable & Unique: Diversity Did you know that the Fair Haven neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 4.5% have Danish ancestry. The Neighbors: Income How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood. The neighbors in the Fair Haven neighborhood in New Haven are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. 蘑菇视频's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.8% of America's neighborhoods. The Neighbors: Occupations A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Fair Haven neighborhood, 29.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.9%), and 20.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The Neighbors: Languages The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Fair Haven neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 47.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish. The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture 鈥� some more unique than others 鈥� based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households 鈥� and importantly 鈥� on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today. In the Fair Haven neighborhood in New Haven, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (24.9%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (5.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.7%), among others. In addition, 20.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country. Getting to Work How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Fair Haven neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. Here most residents (71.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.