Photo: Xexeter (Uploads) · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in New Haven Township (2.8%) than in 73% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, New Haven Township is behind 59% of U.S. towns. New Haven Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: New Haven Township in brief
New Haven Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in New Haven Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs New Haven Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
New Haven Township and Willard trade workers both ways
Willard is the top workplace for New Haven Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in New Haven Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in New Haven Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in New Haven Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs New Haven Township residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside New Haven Township. The jobs ↓
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 954 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind New Haven Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Haven Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds New Haven Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (21.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Haven Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Goods jobs make up 65% of work in New Haven Township
1,412 jobs are based in New Haven Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven Township, 2013 → 2023: 934 → 1,412. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
16% of working residents work in Willard
Where New Haven Township clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in New Haven Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 899 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 1,357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in New Haven Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from New Haven Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,078 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from New Haven Township
About 22% 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.
In New Haven Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Haven Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,140 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of New Haven Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of New Haven Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,871st of 4,995: where New Haven Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,869 | Virden IL | 3,149 | $81K | 10.2% | 6.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,870 | Amber Township MI | 2,550 | $71K | 9.0% | 4.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,871 | New Haven Township OH | 2,375 | $70K | 21.6% | 2.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,872 | Kahuku HI | 2,375 | $75K | 8.0% | 6.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,873 | Thornton IL | 2,299 | $60K | 15.1% | 7.0% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
New Haven Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Haven Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven Township | – | C+ | B | 19 min | $69,609 |
| Willard | 16% | C | B+ | 22 min | $53,542 |
| Ripley Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $113,365 |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Greenfield Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 21 min | $82,303 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richmond Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Willard. Darker towns draw more of New Haven Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in New Haven Township?
$69,609 (±$14,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Haven Township?
21.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willard (16%, 3 mi), Norwalk (7%, 16 mi), Mansfield (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Haven Township walkable?
New Haven Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Haven Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Haven Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Haven Township
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. 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.