Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665 · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of New Haven commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
90 jobs are based in New Haven for 419 working residents. Hardly any work in New Haven; the top destination outside it is Bardstown (26%, 13 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all; Kentucky has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where New Haven stands out on work
New Haven is a place people come home to
There are 90 jobs based in New Haven, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Haven has about 510 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Haven workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 419 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of New Haven on a workday
On a workday 416 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in New Haven on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 31 minutes to work from New Haven
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 357 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
The towns that employ New Haven’s residents
Where New Haven clocks in
26% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in New Haven: what the 90 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 90. 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.
How far New Haven goes to work
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.
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?
$70,000 (±$14,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Haven?
15.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bardstown (26%, 13 mi), Louisville (8%, 37 mi), Elizabethtown (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Haven without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.