New HavenMI
A town of 6,749, settled in 1838.
Is New Haven a good place to live?
New Haven is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 457th among Michigan's 697 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 69% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $313K for a typical one and 4.1 times the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. 5.2% of residents are 65 or older in New Haven, where Michigan’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 18%. On civic life, just 125 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. New Haven is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
What makes New Haven stand out
Where New Haven beats most towns.
New Haven has grown 45% since 2010
4,642 counted in 2010 and 6,097 in 2020; an estimated 6,749 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 10.6% since 2020, after 31.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How New Haven grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far New Haven is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to New Haven: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Haven, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in New Haven.
New Haven has little public open land, but it has commutes longer than most of Michigan.
New Haven faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Haven.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median age in New Haven is lower than in most of Michigan or the rest of the country
The median age in New Haven is 30.2 years. New Haven has grown 11% since 2020, to 6,749 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Children under 18 are 36% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 5% of residents (19% statewide).
| New Haven | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30.2 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| New Haven | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 18.7% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.9% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.1% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.8% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.9% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.8% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
New Haven is less healthy than 75% of U.S. towns
New Haven beats the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 42% of New Haven adults sleep under 7 hours.
| New Haven | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | New Haven | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.4% | 7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.9% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of New Haven’s workers commute out
The average commute for its 2,514 working residents takes 33.8 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan. Jobs based here grew from 373 in 2011 to 807.
Most working residents leave New Haven for work: only 3% work in town. New Haven’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. Jobs based in New Haven grew to 807 in 2021, 434 more than in 2011.
| New Haven | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
New Haven has four seasons and pleasant summers
New Haven has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For cost of living, New Haven earns a C
The typical New Haven home is worth about $313,000, up 1.8% in a year, 19% above the Michigan typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 1.4% of New Haven
Just 22 of its 1,609 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in New Haven itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| New Haven | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Haven Community Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| 2. Fountian Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about New Haven
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of New Haven; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 New Haven residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
97% of working residents leave New Haven for work
Where New Haven’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About New Haven
Village in Michigan, United States
New Haven is a village in Lenox Township within Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,097 at the 2020 census, up from 4,642 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1869
- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 627 ft
- ZIP code
- 48048, 48050
Questions about New Haven
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Haven, MI a good place to live?
New Haven grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #457 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is New Haven, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
What is New Haven, MI known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Eric Fowler and Matt Murphy.