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New Haven, CT

137,556 Population
18.7 square miles 7,359.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$40,024 ±$3,572 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $51,001 ±$2,014
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
$59,705 ±$6,882 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $89,645 ±$4,746
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824

25.1% ±4.5% (32,415  ±5,796) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.3% † 62,932 (±1.4% / ±7,849)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)

25.8 minutes ±2.7 (1,463,475  ±181,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 24.2 6,141,800 (±0.7 / ±247,026)
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 27 43,866,844 (±0.3 / ±623,558)

Families

56,564 ±2,612 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 234,206 ±3,150
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
2.3 ±0.1 (127,994  ±448) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.4 553,847 (±0 / ±782)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854

2.4% ±2% (964  ±816) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 3.3% † 4,541 (±0.9% / ±1,261)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)

Housing

61,203 ±2,809 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 250,249 ±332
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191

$348,900 ±$17,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $383,600 ±$8,506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745

18.7% ±3.3% (25,635  ±4,541.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 12.6% † 72,068 (±1.3% / ±7,266.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)

Social

90.6% ±4.9% (79,955  ±5,374.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 92.6% 375,063 (±2.5% / ±10,149.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
39.1% ±3.4% (34,529  ±3,336.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 42.5% 172,237 (±1.6% / ±6,583.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.7% ±3.6% (27,068  ±4,988) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 15.4% 88,924
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170

1.4% ±0.8% (1,494  ±901) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.1% † 19,183 (±0.5% / ±2,496)
  • about one-third of the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
1,494 Total veterans ±901 1,322 Male ±880 172 Female ±215

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