South Haven’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, South Haven has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes South Haven a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in South Haven, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.23 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, South Haven doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In South Haven, just 9.86% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in South Haven in 2022 was $36,768, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,072 for a family of four. However, South Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call South Haven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Haven residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in South Haven include German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in South Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
