Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Haven’s best subject grades are an A for health and history and an A− for schools; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Among 72 Vermont towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than New Haven. Only 6 of Vermont’s 172 towns score lower on the outdoors. New Haven has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them New Haven Junction Depot and Union Church. New Haven has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where New Haven beats most towns.
Census counts: 723 in 1790, 1,683 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1832 and 2 maps from 1903 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far New Haven is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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 beats the Vermont average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of New Haven adults sleep under 7 hours, below both the Vermont town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in New Haven.
| New Haven | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 76% | 79% |
| What stands out | New Haven | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 9.2% |
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 80% | 76.1% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 36% | 32.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beeman Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 98 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Haven.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave New Haven for work: only 5% work in town. 3.1% of New Haven residents live below the poverty line, where Vermont’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Since 2013, New Haven has lost 95 jobs, to 492 in 2023.
| New Haven | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 18% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
New Haven has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. New Haven’s July high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in New Haven is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Haven Commons | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical New Haven home is worth about $420,000, up 2.8% in a year, 7% above the Vermont typical home.
| New Haven | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 78% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,163 a month | $1,135 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Haven. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi LakeLake Champlain
Big draw21 mi LandmarkFort Ticonderoga
38 mi MountainMount Marcy
38 mi LakeLake George
35 mi MountainMount Mansfield
13 mi Ski areaSugarbush Resort142 runs · 2,569 ft verticalLake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Fort Ticonderoga: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Marcy: Daniel Tripp, Public domain · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of New Haven
About 1 of every 100 New Haven residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
Where New Haven’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in New Haven on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in New Haven.
Town in Vermont, United States
New Haven is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,683 at the 2020 census. In addition to the town center, New Haven contains the communities of Belden (sometimes called Belden Falls), Brooksville, New Haven Junction and New Haven Mills.
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7 towns share a border with New Haven.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
| Weybridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bristol | #7 | A | C− | A | A− | A |
| Waltham | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middlebury | #22 | B+ | C− | B | B | A |
| Monkton | — | — | C+ | — | A− | A |
| Ferrisburgh | #29 | B | C− | — | B | A |
| Addison | — | — | C− | — | B | A |
New Haven, Monkton and Addison have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. New Haven, Monkton, Ferrisburgh and Addison report no FBI crime data of their own. Weybridge and Waltham aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare New Haven with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
7 notable people were born here, including Homer Hulbert and Josiah Bushnell Grinnell.
