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New Haven, CT

135,307 Population
18.7 square miles 7,239.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3

Economics

$33,084 ±$3,032 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $45,854 ±$1,234
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
$51,158 ±$5,515 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $80,733 ±$2,740
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473

24.6% ±4.6% (30,843  ±5,783) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 12.6% † 68,678 (±1.7% / ±9,190)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)

21 minutes ±0.3 (1,148,535  ±39,681) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

57,392 ±2,742 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 233,004 ±2,580
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
2.2 ±0.1 (125,962  ±133) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.3 545,442 (±0 / ±361)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 3,513,794

2.3% ±1.1% (868  ±416) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.1% † 5,591 (±0.9% / ±1,275)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.8% 39,537 (±0.4% / ±3,110)

Housing

63,395 ±3,361 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 249,100 ±157
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175

$287,000 ±$22,219 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $349,200 ±$8,241
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990

18.8% ±3.7% (25,175  ±4,983.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.5% † 75,804 (±1.6% / ±8,998.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)

Social

88.3% ±5.2% (77,580  ±5,513.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 92.1% 367,527 (±2.7% / ±10,583.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
37.3% ±3.6% (32,791  ±3,380.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 42.4% 169,242 (±1.7% / ±6,673.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 42.9% 1,098,315 (±0.6% / ±16,294.5)

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

18.4% ±3.4% (24,914  ±4,647) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.9% 78,787
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% 590,608

2% ±0.7% (2,190  ±794) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.1% † 18,753 (±0.6% / ±2,805)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
2,190 Total veterans ±794 2,190 Male ±794 N/A Female ±222

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