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1849
New Haven, Conn. from Ferry Hill, 1849
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About New Haven
City in Connecticut, United StatesNew Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, with the Greater New Haven metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents. New Haven was one of the first planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a three-by-three grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is the New Haven Green, a 16-acre (6 ha) square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Gree…
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How New Haven ranks
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Housing in New Haven
The typical New Haven home is worth about $339,000, up 6.1% in a year, 25% below the Connecticut typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in New Haven
Safety Grade D
New Haven reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 92% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 28%.
Schools in New Haven
All New Haven schools →School Grade D
The public schools New Haven’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 91% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CT. Ratings are from neighbors.
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