New Haven, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

Back to: New Haven, Connecticut main profile, Connecticut, Connecticut smaller cities, Connecticut small towns, Connecticut forum, All US cities. Total population: 123,669 (All urban) Houses: 52,941 (47,094 occupied: 13,918 owner occupied, 33,176 renter occupied) % of renters here:   70% State:   33% Housing density: 2809 houses/condos per square mile Recent posts about housing in New Haven, Connecticut on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Hartford vs New Haven  (30 replies) Where should I rent around New Haven?  (2 replies) Nice towns between Danbury and New Haven?  (39 replies) my huusband just took a job at Yale-New Haven Hospital, need a nice town!  (32 replies) moving to work at Yale New Haven Hospital  (6 replies) New Haven vs., say, Philadelphia  (27 replies) Median contract rent in 2007: $797 (lower quartile is $602, upper quartile is $971) Housing units in New Haven with a mortgage: 6,134 (656 second mortgage, 738 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,345 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $232,000 (it was $104,300 in 2000) New Haven:   $232,000 Connecticut:   $309,200 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $181,900 - $319,900 Mean price in 2007: Detached houses: $283,608 Here:   $283,608 State:   $418,487 Townhouses or other attached units: $202,624 Here:   $202,624 State:   $295,130 In 2-unit structures: $280,923 Here:   $280,923 State:   $295,498 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $252,928 Here:   $252,928 State:   $253,799 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $187,166 Here:   $187,166 State:   $220,717 Median year house/condo built: 1939 Median year apartment built: 1942 Household type by relationship Households: 112,980 In family households: 87,151 (12,822 male householders, 13,450 female householders) 13,602 spouses, 35,092 children (32,980 natural, 1,017 adopted, 1,095 stepchildren), 3,000 grandchildren, 1,855 brothers or sisters, 1,155 parents, 2,532 other relatives, 3,643 non-relatives In nonfamily households: 25,829 (9,426 male householders (7,389 living alone)), 11,495 female householders (9,633 living alone)), 4,908 nonrelatives In group quarters: 10,646 (2,641 institutionalized population) Size of family households: 9,554 2-persons, 6,667 3-persons, 5,075 4-persons, 2,875 5-persons, 1,180 6-persons, 921 7-or-more-persons. Size of nonfamily households: 17,022 1-person, 3,235 2-persons, 525 3-persons, 65 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons. 11,101 married couples with children. 15,406 single-parent households (1,453 men, 13,953 women). 71.6% of residents of New Haven speak English at home. 19.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all). 5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). 2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). 0.7% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 7% speak English not well). Foreign born population: 14,350 (11.6%) (32.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in New Haven: Less than $100: 834 people $100 to $149: 492 $150 to $199: 875 $200 to $249: 665 $250 to $299: 645 $300 to $349: 751 $350 to $399: 435 $400 to $449: 551 $450 to $499: 702 $500 to $549: 659 $550 to $599: 1,107 $600 to $649: 1,381 $650 to $699: 1,503 $700 to $749: 2,192 $750 to $799: 2,348 $800 to $899: 4,872 $900 to $999: 3,875 $1,000 to $1,249: 4,449 $1,250 to $1,499: 1,147 $1,500 to $1,999: 421 $2,000 or more: 100 No cash rent: 700

Percentage of workers working in this county: 89.5%
Number of people working at home: 1,265 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 1288 5 to 9 minutes: 5574 10 to 14 minutes: 9842 15 to 19 minutes: 9385 20 to 24 minutes: 7630 25 to 29 minutes: 2210 30 to 34 minutes: 4504 35 to 39 minutes: 530 40 to 44 minutes: 699 45 to 59 minutes: 1791 60 to 89 minutes: 1825 90 or more minutes: 1314

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 26,655 (56%) Carpooled: 7,188 (15%) Bus or trolley bus: 4,563 (10%) Subway or elevated: 16 (0%) Railroad: 573 (1%) Ferryboat: 11 (0%) Taxi: 132 (0%) Motorcycle: 73 (0%) Bicycle: 589 (1%) Walked: 6,522 (14%) Other means: 270 (1%) Worked at home: 1,265 (3%)

Household income: Less than $10,000: 9447 $10,000 to $14,999: 4335 $15,000 to $19,999: 3768 $20,000 to $24,999: 3273 $25,000 to $29,999: 2989 $30,000 to $34,999: 2906 $35,000 to $39,999: 2412 $40,000 to $44,999: 2616 $45,000 to $49,999: 1971 $50,000 to $59,999: 3332 $60,000 to $74,999: 3592 $75,000 to $99,999: 3314 $100,000 to $124,999: 1434 $125,000 to $149,999: 618 $150,000 to $199,999: 561 $200,000 or more: 625

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 59522

Italian: 11754

Irish: 4950

English: 2667

German: 2630

Polish: 2398

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2367

United States or American: 2306

Subsaharan African:: 1629

Jamaican: 1481

Russian: 1422

African: 1154

French (except Basque): 820

European: 620

Scottish: 553

Swedish: 457

Portuguese: 453

French Canadian: 438

Ukrainian: 431

British: 424

Scotch-Irish: 389

Greek: 380

Eastern European: 313

Hungarian: 309

West Indian: 301

Dutch: 296

Cape Verdean: 263

Norwegian: 257

Israeli: 245

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 236

Romanian: 236

Haitian: 212

Arab:: 174

Austrian: 162

Canadian: 157

Swiss: 132

Lithuanian: 109

Welsh: 104

Lebanese: 103

Albanian: 94

Nigerian: 90

Czech: 88

Iranian: 79

Brazilian: 77

Turkish: 73

British West Indian: 72

Northern European: 65

Danish: 61

Croatian: 59

Barbadian: 56

Slavic: 54

New Zealander: 52

Finnish: 51

Yugoslavian: 50

Bulgarian: 47

Scandinavian: 44

Armenian: 40

Slovak: 39

Icelander: 36

Guyanese: 35

Ugandan: 34

Latvian: 31

Palestinian: 30

Other Subsaharan African: 30

Czechoslovakian: 29

Australian: 29

Ghanian: 28

Ethiopian: 24

Slovene: 19

Serbian: 17

Estonian: 16

Syrian: 15

Celtic: 14

Belgian: 14

Arab/Arabic: 11

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8

Basque: 8

Egyptian: 8

Afghan: 7

Soviet Union: 7

Moroccan: 7

Alsatian: 7

Cypriot: 6

Dutch West Indian: 6

South African: 6

Belizean: 3

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 62712
• Northeast: 15266
• Midwest: 3383
• South: 14295
• West: 3508

47% of New Haven residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 520
• Nursery to 4th grade: 303
• 5th and 6th grade: 828
• 7th and 8th grade: 1,538
• 9th grade: 1,218
• 10th grade: 1,090
• 11th grade: 1,301
• 12th grade, no diploma: 1,940
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,301
• Less than 1 year of college: 1,169
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,294
• Associate degree: 1,046
• Bachelor's degree: 3,790
• Master's degree: 2,849
• Professional school degree: 1,234
• Doctorate degree: 1,628

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 679
• Nursery to 4th grade: 350
• 5th and 6th grade: 838
• 7th and 8th grade: 1,635
• 9th grade: 1,450
• 10th grade: 1,439
• 11th grade: 1,558
• 12th grade, no diploma: 2,388
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,049
• Less than 1 year of college: 2,043
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,950
• Associate degree: 1,674
• Bachelor's degree: 4,776
• Master's degree: 3,620
• Professional school degree: 828
• Doctorate degree: 845

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 19.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 7.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 15.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 21.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 17.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 18.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 21.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 15.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 16.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 18.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

• White non-Hispanic householders: $44,995
• Black householders: $37,831
• American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $8,008
• Asian householders: $39,619
• Some other race householders: $42,514
• Two or more races householders: $41,594
• Hispanic or Latino race householders: $38,208

Median 2007 house value for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $260,249
• Black or African American householders: $215,984
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $168,161
• Asian householders: $278,044
• Some other race householders: $177,725
• Two or more races householders: $203,973
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $197,967

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,568
• One, attached: 2,524
• Two: 8,866
• 3 or 4: 13,013
• 5 to 9: 4,661
• 10 to 19: 3,613
• 20 to 49: 3,235
• 50 or more: 6,360
• Mobile homes: 95
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $242,385

Here:	9.8%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Here:	8.8%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Here:	64.2%
Connecticut:	33.4%

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