Work & commute · New Haven

Work & commute in New Haven, MI

Most working residents leave New Haven for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (8%), Detroit (7%) and Chesterfield (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 2,514 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,450 New Haven residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Haven.

2,450live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

743work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Haven goes to work

Clinton11.4 mi away

8%189

Detroit28.5 mi away

7%185

Chesterfield3.5 mi away

6%159

Warren20 mi away

5%133

Troy20.4 mi away

5%132

Sterling Heights15.7 mi away

5%125

Shelby12.8 mi away

5%119

Lenox2.2 mi away

3%87

Auburn Hills23 mi away

3%79

Macomb7.2 mi away

3%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,236

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

How far

How far New Haven commutes

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

19%

49%

23%

19%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Haven is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Haven are

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

Jobs based in New Haven

807 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs New Haven residents hold

2,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+116%

Jobs based in New Haven, 2011 → 2021: 373 → 807. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.