Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety58#6,629/15,637
Economy91#1,427/15,631
Housing37#9,379/14,977
Health81#3,011/15,609
Healthcare82#2,871/15,650
Environment26#11,358/15,453
Education71#4,564/15,649
Infrastructure100#79/15,650
Community54#7,163/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,797/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where North Haven, Connecticut ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “South Central Connecticut Planning Region value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low3 mi
99/100Connecticut 8 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Distance to an airport · low8 mi
96/100Connecticut 18 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Poor or fair health · low11.3%
94/100Connecticut 15.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high18.5 /10k
94/100Connecticut 13.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Mental health providers · high606 /100k
93/100Connecticut 514 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Firearm deaths · low4.0 /100k
92/100Connecticut 4.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Model-based estimateProvisional dataSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high48.2%
1/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)South Central Connecticut Planning Region value
High ozone days · high12 days
5/100Connecticut 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)South Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Drug overdose deaths · high29.0 /100k
11/100Connecticut 20.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Provisional dataSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Days with unhealthy air · high3.6%
11/100Connecticut 3.5%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)South Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Time spent in the emergency room · high220 min
12/100Connecticut 190 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value
Property crime rate · high2,005 /100k
14/100Connecticut 1,146 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Median household incomeImproving
$96,598 (2015-2019) → $132,689 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.6% (2015-2019) → 45.2% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.1% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.6% (2015-2019) → 27.7% (2020-2024)
−3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
43.2% (2015-2019) → 46.5% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Unemployment rateImproving
5.0% (2015-2019) → 2.0% (2020-2024)
−3 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, North Haven, Connecticut improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Unemployment−3 points5.0% → 2.0%
Household income+37%$96,598 → $132,689
Broadband+5.6 points89.1% → 94.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of North Haven, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	89.1%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Improved	36%
Child poverty rate	6.8%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Effective property tax rate	1.97%2015-2019	1.65%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	77%
High school diploma or higher	95.7%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.4132020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$96,5982015-2019	$132,6892020-2024	+37%	Improved	69%
Poverty rate	5.0%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Public transit commuters	1.5%2015-2019	1.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent as share of income	31.6%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	52.6%2015-2019	45.2%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	2.0%2020-2024	−3 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	2.5%2015-2019	2.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like North Haven, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Haven, Connecticut in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, North Haven, Connecticut itself moved +7.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

24,336 residents (±30)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+2.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

24,336 residents (±30)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White77%18,624
Black3.8%†926
Hispanic or Latino7.7%1,881
Asian8.7%2,121
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†2
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.2%†782

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−7.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

17,714 residents (±466)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma4.5%796
High school or GED28%4,928
Some college14%2,465
Associate degree7.3%1,292
Bachelor's degree27%4,729
Graduate degree20%3,504

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

9,586 households (±328)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k5.7%547
$25k–50k11%1,047
$50k–75k10.0%955
$75k–100k9.9%946
$100k–150k22%2,153
$150k–200k16%1,568
$200k or more25%2,370

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+11.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

9,586 households (±328)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own81%7,796
Rent19%1,790

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,638 households (±290)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7506.8%†111
$750–1,0005.9%†96
$1,000–1,50021%†

Home values

7,796 homes (±378)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k3.2%†247
$150k–250k11%†832
$250k–400k38%2,973

Age of homes

9,870 homes (±354)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later6.3%624
2000–20093.7%†362
1980–199920%1,987

Size of homes

9,870 homes (±354)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio0.5%†48
1 bedroom8.0%791
2 bedrooms19%1,843

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

12,622 workers (±498)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone73%9,167
Carpool9.5%1,202
Public transit1.3%†161
Walk1.2%†156
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%1,878
Other0.5%†58

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−12.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

10,744 workers (±553)

North Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min28%3,021
15–29 min50%5,332
30–44 min12%1,263

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New Haven, CT

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of South Central Connecticut Planning Region, the county holding most of North Haven's residents.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region has 13,779 employer establishments, 241 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Connecticut's), with 263,675 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,048. The Census Bureau also counts 50,322 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,779; 50,322 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 241; US 248 · Connecticut 245
Paid employees: 263,675
Average annual pay: $65,048; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of South Central Connecticut Planning Region by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,361	23.8	1.14×About typical	30,227	$76,033	3,166
Restaurants and other eating places	1,259	22	1.20×About typical	17,914	$24,754	295
Specialty trade contractors	863	15.1	0.97×About typical	6,773	$79,697	2,858
Full-service restaurants	566	9.9	1.29×More than typical	9,297	$28,014	104
Limited-service restaurants	494	8.6	1.08×About typical	6,097	$21,544	135
Offices of physicians	456	8	1.23×About typical	16,193	$89,698	687
Lessors of real estate	421	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	2,376	$52,178	5,746
Building equipment contractors	400	7	1.16×About typical	3,395	$83,267	622
Personal care services	400	7	1.46×More than typical	2,031	$27,972	1,826
Services to buildings and dwellings	376	6.6	0.97×About typical	4,935	$34,910	2,019
Legal services	368	6.4	1.20×About typical	2,199	$104,506	607
Offices of other health practitioners	331	5.8	0.95×About typical	1,881	$45,644	1,654

Rank places for an industry Open South Central Connecticut Planning Region

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 572,366 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $11.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in North Haven, Connecticut: $456 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $11.1M; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $456; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Acquisition Service$6.5M59%
Department of the Army$2M18%
Department of the Air Force$1.6M14%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$783K7.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$165.6K1.5%
U.S. Coast Guard$54.6K0.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$43.4K0.4%
Department of Energy$5,1700.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

5.8KFY2017
1.5MFY2018
522.7KFY2019
5.1MFY2020
1.1MFY2021
1MFY2022
7.3MFY2023
5.5MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$6M54%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$2.7M24%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1.8M16%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$368.4K3.3%
Converted paper product manufacturing · 3222$156.1K1.4%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$43.4K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in North Haven, Connecticut

DELIVERY ORDER FOR MOSSBERG 590 SHOTGUNS$11.7M
O F MOSSBERG & SONS INC· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 18, 2025 – Nov 6, 2025· W15QKN25F0373
FY25 SBIR PHASE III - SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION (SD&E) FOR MARS APPLICATIONS$4.5M
PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Aug 28, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· 80NSSC25C0449
JP-8 FUELED ELECTRIFIED COMBAT VEHICLES$2M
PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· W5170126CA048

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in North Haven, Connecticut, so they do not add up across cities.

North Haven, Connecticut's figures are part of those of South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT ($198.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: North Haven is mostly in South Central Connecticut Planning Region.

See federal money in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

North Haven, Connecticut is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New Haven, CT78

Other cities and towns in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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