Work & commute · North Haven

Work & commute in North Haven, CT

Most working residents leave North Haven for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (22%), Hamden (8%) and Wallingford (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,531 of 11,642 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,111 North Haven residents head out of town to work, 1,531 work right here, and 23,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Haven.

10,111live here, work elsewhere

1,531live and work here

23,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Haven goes to work

New Haven6 mi away

22%2,541

North Haven (in town)right here

13%1,531

Hamden3.6 mi away

8%901

Wallingford6 mi away

6%654

Hartford28.1 mi away

4%451

Branford7.9 mi away

3%301

West Haven9.5 mi away

3%292

Meriden11.2 mi away

2%208

East Haven6.1 mi away

2%188

Middletown15.5 mi away

2%179

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,396

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far North Haven commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%

23%

15%

58%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Haven is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Haven are

25,040 jobs are based in North Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Haven

25,040 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs North Haven residents hold

11,642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+56%

Jobs based in North Haven, 2013 → 2023: 16,094 → 25,040. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.