With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of New Haven works elsewhere
Only 1% work in New Haven itself; outside it, Wisconsin Dells draws the most (20%, 7 miles). Employers in New Haven report 43 jobs, and 283 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Haven, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in New Haven than ten years ago
Jobs counted in New Haven fell from 944 in 2013 to 43 in 2023, −95%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
New Haven is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in New Haven, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Haven has about 470 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Haven workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 283 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What New Haven’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 944 → 43. 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.
Who leaves New Haven for work, and who comes in
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in New Haven on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
From New Haven, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Haven workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Commuting out of New Haven: the destinations
Where New Haven clocks in
Lines 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.
New Haven’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Work in the towns next to New Haven
The biggest share goes to Jackson (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | – | — | — | 30 min | $68,897 |
| Jackson | 3% | D | C− | 36 min | $59,500 |
| Douglas | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Dell Prairie | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $88,516 |
| Briggsville | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lewiston | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $90,852 |
| Oxford | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Douglas and Oxford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Briggsville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$68,897 (±$7,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Haven?
6.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Haven?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Haven work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wisconsin Dells (20%, 7 mi), Lake Delton (12%, 10 mi), Portage (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Haven without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% 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.