Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
New Haven, Connecticut population is 138,774 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #206 nationally and #3 in Connecticut. Cost of living runs 4.6% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024). This profile draws on 12 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
138,774 people live in New Haven as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #206 largest U.S. city.
How big is New Haven?
New Haven covers 18.7 square miles of land and 1.4 square miles of water. Its population density is about 7,425 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 3.6% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 134,014 → 2025: 138,774 (+3.6%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
134,014
April 1, 2020
2020
129,319
July 1, 2020
2021
134,118
July 1, 2021
2022
134,622
July 1, 2022
2023
135,993
July 1, 2023
2024
137,888
July 1, 2024
2025
138,774
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 0.3% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
New Haven is the #206 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #3 in Connecticut.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
134,014
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+4,760
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+3.6%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+886
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.6%
within V2025 only
Density
7,425
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
18.7
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#206
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#3
of 30 in Connecticut
What is the median household income in New Haven?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 30% below the U.S. median ($56,851 vs $80,734); 23.9% live in poverty, 11.5 points above the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$56,851
US
New Haven: $56,851 — 30% below the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
New Haven
$56,851
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for New Haven from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$56,851-29.6% vs US
±$4,254
Per capita income
$36,242-18.9% vs US
±$1,342
Population in poverty
23.9% ± 2.0 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 14% below the U.S. median ($287,100 vs $332,700); median rent is 5% above ($1,488 vs $1,413); the ratio of median home value to median household income is 5.1× versus 4.1× nationally; this compares two distributions and does not measure an individual household's housing burden.
Median home value$287,100
US
New Haven: $287,100 — 14% below the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,969/mo
US
New Haven: $1,969/mo — 83% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$287,100-13.7% vs US
±$15,906
Median gross rent
$1,488+5.3% vs US
±$33
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,969-24.4% vs US
New Haven, CT MSA· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
28.4% ± 1.4 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
5.1x± 0.47x approximate 90% MOE+22.5% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
56.6% ± 3.2 percentage points+10.8% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
29.5% ± 2.5 percentage points+13.9% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for New Haven. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
4.7%
New Haven (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
70,098
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
13.9% ± 1.6 percentage points-7.9% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — New Haven sits in South Central Connecticut Planning Region:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
11.5%
$89,386
4.1%
What workers earn in the New Haven, CT metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Registered Nurses is the largest tracked occupation in the New Haven, CT metro (10,050 jobs, median $104,490/yr).
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Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Stockers and Order Fillers
9,430
$43,840
$21.08
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
7,370
$39,720
$19.10
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
6,210
$37,890
$18.21
Fast Food and Counter Workers
5,900
$35,290
$16.97
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
4,780
$63,800
$30.67
Cashiers
4,500
$35,670
$17.15
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
4,260
$78,990
$37.98
Registered Nurses · benchmark
10,050
$104,490
$50.24
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
6,810
$35,950
$17.29
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
5,750
$134,450
$64.64
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
2,900
$61,040
$29.35
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 4.6% above the U.S. average (RPP 104.6); utilities run 44.8% above (RPP 144.8) — the metro's utility cost premium is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 104.6
US
New Haven's cost of living runs 4.6% above the U.S. average (RPP 104.6 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 104.6
+4.6% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · New Haven, CT metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,969/mo
FY2026 · New Haven, CT MSA
State income tax (top marginal rate)
6.99%
7 brackets · TY2026
One-person monthly spending scenario
$4,641/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
18.0% ± 1.2 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (23.7% of residents 5+).
A quick read on New Haven's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (84°F avg high). Coldest: January (23°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 47.3 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for New Haven from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk score: 95.1/100 — Relatively High nationally; top hazard: Hurricane (97.0).
Natural-hazard exposure for New Haven from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
95.1
Relatively High
Hurricane 97.0 Relatively High · Riverine Flooding 96.9 Relatively High · Ice Storm 96.6 Very High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in New Haven?
8 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 88% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for New Haven from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
8 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
7
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
87.9%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
87.9%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
61,836
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
New Haven sits at state rank #3 among 30 cities in Connecticut. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Coral Springs, FL · #205 · 138,783 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Fullerton, CA · #207 · 138,675 residents.
Quick travel facts for New Haven
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
29 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Tweed New Haven Airport(HVN) · 4 mi 6 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
May · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about New Haven.
How many people live in New Haven, CT?
New Haven has 138,774 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #206 largest city in the United States and #3 in Connecticut. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is New Haven growing or shrinking?
New Haven has grown 3.6% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 4,760 residents, including a 0.6% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was New Haven's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for New Haven is 0952000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
