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Jobs and income earn New Haven B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). Measured by household income, New Haven is behind 57% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Haven: the figures worth knowing
More than half of New Haven works in Fort Wayne
4,093 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 6.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in New Haven itself. The commute map ↓
New Haven trades workers with the towns around it
New Haven has about as many jobs (9,321) as working residents (7,952), but they are mostly different people: 6,871 residents leave for work each day while 8,240 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in New Haven are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most New Haven residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in New Haven
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Haven is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #292 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds New Haven’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Haven could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Commuting out of New Haven: the destinations
Where New Haven clocks in
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many people are in New Haven by day
On a workday 6,871 residents head out to work, 1,081 work right here, and 8,240 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region New Haven works
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
30% of the jobs in New Haven make or build things
9,321 jobs are based in New Haven.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 8,168 → 9,321. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From New Haven, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,383 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
For most of New Haven, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Haven is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #315 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,833 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of New Haven households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of New Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, New Haven is 1,342nd of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 49 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,340 | Butler Township PA | 16,902 | $77K | 7.6% | 5.3% | 16% | B− |
| 1,341 | Palmetto FL | 13,562 | $63K | 13.5% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| 1,342 | New Haven IN | 16,337 | $71K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 14% | B− |
| 1,343 | Beaver Dam WI | 16,542 | $67K | 8.9% | 3.7% | 26% | B− |
| 1,344 | Wellington CO | 12,169 | $107K | 8.8% | 6.5% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of New Haven, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 51% of New Haven’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | – | B− | C+ | 23 min | $70,970 |
| Fort Wayne | 51% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $61,422 |
| Adams Township | under 1% | C | B+ | 25 min | $60,041 |
| Jefferson Township | under 1% | B | D | 22 min | $75,167 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 1% | B | B | 22 min | $72,566 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Wayne. Darker towns draw more of New Haven’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Haven: questions
What is the median household income in New Haven?
$70,970 (±$4,599) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Haven?
9.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven work?
14% work in town.
Is New Haven walkable?
New Haven is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Haven without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Haven
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.