New Haven has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Ohio has 13%. 143 jobs are based in New Haven, against 274 working residents. Only 1% work in New Haven itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (26%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: New Haven in brief
Each way, about 26 minutes from New Haven
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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 on a workday afternoon
On a workday 271 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 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.
Where New Haven goes to work
Where New Haven clocks in
26% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in New Haven
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 143. 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
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.
Work in the towns next to New Haven
The biggest share goes to Harrison (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
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 poverty rate in New Haven?
37.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (26%, 16 mi), Harrison (6%, 3 mi), Fairfield (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Haven without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.