New Haven

City Commute Profile

New Haven, CT

Where New Haven’s 53,701 resident workers go each day — 42.4% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is North Haven.

ConnecticutLODES 2023 data
69
Commute Score

69 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

New Haven at a glance
Employed Residents
53,701
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
42.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
North Haven
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for New Haven proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How New Haven commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

New Haven

53,701 commutes, one dot at a time

New Haven

Where 53,701 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in New Haven, by worker count.

1New Haven0.0 mi22,764
2North Haven5.9 mi3,361
3West Haven3.4 mi1,970
4Milford city (balance)9.5 mi1,347
5New York66.6 mi1,190
6Orange5.6 mi1,000
7East Haven3.4 mi950
8Bridgeport16.5 mi924

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into New Haven.

1New Haven0.0 mi22,764
2West Haven3.4 mi4,866
3East Haven3.4 mi3,301
4North Haven5.9 mi2,753
5Milford city (balance)9.5 mi2,720
6Meriden16.7 mi1,920
7Bridgeport16.5 mi1,797
8New York66.6 mi1,626

Top industries

The sectors that employ New Haven’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services35.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance22.9%
PAPublic Administration6.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.8%
RTRetail Trade3.7%
INInformation2.3%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.0%

New Haven city profile

Who lives in New Haven — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
134,349
Median age
31.9yrs
Median household income
$56,851
Median home value
$287,100
Median gross rent
$1,488/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
38.9%
Poverty rate
23.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for New Haven

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps51% of homes
2 Gbps51%
5 Gbps51%
8 Gbps1%
See all internet providers in New Haven

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).