With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of New Haven works elsewhere
There are 807 jobs in New Haven, against 2,514 working residents. The two grades for New Haven are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 3% stay in New Haven for work; outside it, Clinton Township is the main destination (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Haven: the figures worth knowing
Jobs in New Haven have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in New Haven went from 373 in 2011 to 807 in 2021, +116%. The jobs ↓
New Haven workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in New Haven are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in New Haven
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Haven is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #361 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds New Haven’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Haven could be anywhere from C− to A+.
A place that makes things: 28% of New Haven’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven, 2011 → 2021: 373 → 807. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Haven: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,254 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
New Haven quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,450 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in New Haven on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2021, primary jobs.
The places New Haven commutes to
Where New Haven clocks in
Lines 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.
The distance from New Haven to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In New Haven, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Haven is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #146 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place New Haven near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,465 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.0% of New Haven households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of New Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Haven is 1,688th among 3,253 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,686 | Lower Oxford Township PA | 5,848 | $110K | 6.4% | 10.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,687 | Vandenberg Village CA | 6,776 | $111K | 3.3% | 9.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,688 | New Haven MI | 6,749 | $66K | 13.8% | 3.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,689 | Granite Shoals TX | 5,498 | $78K | 2.4% | 4.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,690 | Lexington Township OH | 4,944 | $65K | 13.8% | 2.1% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Michigan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, 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?
$66,125 (±$15,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Haven?
13.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (8%, 11 mi), Detroit (7%, 28 mi), Chesterfield Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is New Haven walkable?
New Haven is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Haven without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% 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), 2021, 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.