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New Haven gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $151K, 2 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 499th among New York's 745 graded towns. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Only 99 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on walkability.
Where New Haven beats most towns.
Where New Haven’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far New Haven is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,590 in 1820, a low of 1,116 in 1930, 2,856 in 2010. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1867 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in New Haven.
New Haven gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Oswego and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in New Haven since 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Mexico Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 239 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
New Haven has 151 jobs for its 1,259 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 23 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
2% of New Haven working residents work locally, against 10% in New York’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, New Haven has added 57 jobs, to 151 in 2023. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in New Haven.
| New Haven | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 5.3% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Oswego weather station, 11 miles away, records that 140 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
New Haven has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. At 80°F, New Haven’s July high is where New York’s towns sit at 81°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5.5 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| New Haven | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,816 U.S. towns with household incomes like New Haven’s, it is less healthy than 65%, so it trails even them.
New Haven beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 40% of New Haven adults sleep under 7 hours.
| New Haven | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | New Haven | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14% | 17.2% |
| More smokers | 15.1% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Haven. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
27 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
10 mi LandmarkFort Ontario
34 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park
31 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
28 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank StadiumJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Ontario: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of New Haven
About 3 of every 100 New Haven residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
New Haven is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 2,856 at the 2010 census.
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2 towns share a border with New Haven.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
New Haven grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #499 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
2 notable people were born here, including John F. Kinney and Gertrude Bartlett.
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