Photo: Dismas · CC BY-SA 3.0New Haven’s household incomes are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in New Haven; the top destination outside it is Middlebury (27%, 8 miles). Below the poverty line: 3.1% of residents, against 10.1% across Vermont. Jobs and income earn New Haven B; getting around on foot earns it B.
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
A lot of New Haven works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders New Haven: Middlebury (27%), Addison (4%) and Weybridge (3%). Next door ↓
New Haven makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in New Haven are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs New Haven residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in New Haven pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in New Haven pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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 755 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where New Haven’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Haven is better than 55% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds New Haven’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Haven could be anywhere from C to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in New Haven
492 jobs are based in New Haven.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 492. 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.
The daily flow of workers through New Haven
On a workday 715 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in New Haven on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of New Haven: the destinations
Where New Haven clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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.
The daily trip from New Haven: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 832 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
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.
Most trips from New Haven start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Haven is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,012 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 1.8% of New Haven households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Haven is 2,025th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 718 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 789 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 810 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Tecumseh Township MI | 2,014 | $101K | 5.5% | 6.5% | 1% | B |
| 2,024 | Bucks Township OH | 1,892 | $73K | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3% | B |
| 2,025 | New Haven VT | 1,742 | $92K | 3.1% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| 2,026 | Sparta MO | 1,953 | $63K | 11.9% | 1.5% | 4% | B |
| 2,027 | Cardington OH | 2,247 | $70K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Vermont.
Work next door: 37% of New Haven’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | – | B | B | 22 min | $92,321 |
| Weybridge | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bristol | 3% | B− | A− | 25 min | $74,620 |
| Waltham | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Middlebury | 27% | C+ | A+ | 16 min | $86,169 |
| Monkton | under 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $119,688 |
| Ferrisburgh | under 3% | B | B | 28 min | $106,989 |
| Addison | 4% | B | C+ | 28 min | $106,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Weybridge and Waltham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Middlebury. 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 median household income in New Haven?
$92,321 (±$16,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Haven?
3.1%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlebury (27%, 8 mi), Vergennes (9%, 6 mi), South Burlington (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Haven walkable?
New Haven is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Haven without a car?
0% 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), 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.