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Fair Plain, Michigan.

A community in Berrien County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Berrien County’s.

Living in Fair Plain, Berrien County, Michigan

Fair Plain, in Berrien County, had 7,402 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $52,817 a year and half less, against $65,425 across Berrien County; 27% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Berrien County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 7,402 in the 2020 census
Household income $52,817 the median, give or take $8,548 · Berrien County: $65,425
Unemployment 4.8% Berrien County, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes 70% lived in by their owners; 30% rented
  • 3,295households
  • 24%of adults have a degree
  • 27%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Manufacturing18%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berrien County had 60,632 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 20°; warmest in July, 83° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 33° 20° F M A M J J 83° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 20°; warmest in July, 83° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 33° 20° F M A M J J 83° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 78 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Benton Harbor Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Fair Plain

  1. Gast ManufacturingCentrifugal pumps manufacturing260
  2. First Student68
  3. Michigan Gas UtilitiesBlue gas, carbureted, production and distribution33
  4. Biomat HoldingsBlood and organ banks29
  5. Discount TireTire dealers21
  6. AT&TWired telecommunications carriers20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 431 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of Fair PlainRelatively moderate
  3. HailRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fair Plain’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berrien County.