FAIR HAVEN, NEW JERSEY

'Fair Haven' is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey along the Navesink River. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,937.
Fair Haven was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 28, 1912, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 23, 1912. Portions of the borough were exchanged with Red Bank on June 17, 1957."The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 179.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Government

Local government

Federal, state and county representation

Education

References

External links

Geography

Fair Haven is located at (40.360581, -74.037387).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.3 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.60% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,937 people, 1,998 households, and 1,658 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,372.6/km² (3,559.3/mi²). There were 2,037 housing units at an average density of 471.0/km² (1,221.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 93.87% White, 4.09% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.98% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.33% of the population.
There were 1,998 households out of which 47.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.1% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the borough the population was spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $97,220, and the median income for a family was $109,760. Males had a median income of $83,657 versus $51,389 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $44,018. About 1.6% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Fair Haven operates under the Borough form of New Jersey government. Fair Haven is governed by a Mayor, who is directly elected by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members, elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
The Mayor of the Borough of Fair Haven is Mike Halfacre, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2010. Members of the Fair Haven Borough Council are Council President Thomas J. Gilmour (2009), Jerome A. Koch (2008), Jon Peters (2007), Christopher Rinn (2009), Tom Schissler (2007) and Chris Walrath (2008).^[1]
Fair Haven is a participating municipality in an initiative to study regionalizing their municipal police force with one or more municipalities. The borough received a grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in the amount of $40,950 along with the Boroughs of Rumson, Little Silver, Oceanport and Shrewsbury to hire professional consultants to conduct the study on their behalf. A report is due before the end of 2007.

Federal, state and county representation

Fair Haven is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 12th Legislative District.^[2]

Education

The Fair Haven Public Schools is comprised of two schools: The Viola L. Sickles School (PreK-3, 421 students) and the Knollwood School (grades 4-8, 570 students).
Students in public school for grades 9-12 attend Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, together with students from Rumson. The high school is located in Rumson and had an enrollment of 949 students in the 2005-2006 school year.

References

1. Fair Haven Mayor / Council, Borough of Fair Haven. Accessed May 10, 2007.
2. 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 57. Accessed August 30, 2006.

External links

★ Fair Haven web site

★ Fair Haven Public Schools

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★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Fair Haven Public Schools

★ Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District