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New Haven, CT
137,562 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0952000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, New Haven ranked #308 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is New Haven and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Albany NY, Hartford CT, Syracuse NY, Waterbury CT, Rochester NY, Gainesville FL, Grand Rapids MI, Ann Arbor MI, Lansing MI, Bridgeport CT, Provo UT, Dayton OH, Athens GA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #308 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #334 | #288 | #317 | #270 | #316 | #280 | #302 | #324 | #320 | #304 | #314 | #326 | #302 | #308 | #302 | #211 | #320 | #310 | #308 | #332 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 127,423 | 127,901 | 128,398 | 128,834 | 129,443 | 129,816 | 130,845 | 131,114 | 130,906 | 130,611 | 130,383 | 130,417 | 130,653 | 129,993 | 130,250 | 129,314 | 134,088 | 134,684 | 136,144 | 137,562 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #178 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.8 | +0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #117 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #323 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 31.9% | 30.2% | 29.4% | 30.3% | 33.0% | 35.6% | 37.1% | 35.8% | 35.2% | 35.7% | 36.8% | 34.1% | 30.4% | 34.1% | 34.3% | — | 30.2% | 32.1% | 32.9% | 31.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #226 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | 18.8 | 10.1 | 17.9 | 8.5 | 17.7 | 26.0 | 13.0 | 15.3 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 16.2 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 16.2 | 10.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #206 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | 187.8 | 169.2 | 171.0 | 126.9 | 131.2 | 97.0 | 96.5 | 85.1 | 108.1 | 87.3 | 87.7 | 125.1 | 140.0 | 126.0 | 129.2 | 96.2 | 102.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 74,371 | 79,463 | 79,805 | 84,598 | 79,520 | 79,275 | 82,658 | 82,581 | 83,912 | 84,792 | 84,621 | 67,066 | 84,735 | 85,924 | 89,497 | 90,586 | 90,454 | 96,977 | 100,824 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #77 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -2.8 | +4.8 | -0.4 | +4.6 | -0.9 | -0.2 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +0.9 | -0.2 | -0.0 | -16.8 | +20.1 | +1.5 | +3.8 | +5.8 | -3.5 | +1.4 | +1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54,728 | 56,737 | 55,284 | 62,245 | 59,973 | 59,912 | 59,533 | 61,412 | 64,173 | — | 62,934 | 66,583 | 65,483 | 64,908 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #338 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.9% | 15.7% | 11.0% | 11.2% | 8.9% | 10.1% | 10.9% | 7.9% | 8.6% | — | 8.0% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 11.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #313 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 20% | 18% | 11% | 28% | 27% | 25% | 20% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 12% | -4% | 5% | -6% | 1% | -33% | -30% | -53% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #241 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $7,377 | $6,629 | $6,121 | $5,973 | $6,070 | $6,063 | $5,658 | $5,590 | $5,461 | $5,568 | $5,584 | $5,531 | $5,371 | $6,082 | $6,660 | $6,957 | $6,162 | $5,805 | $5,228 | $4,471 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for New Haven. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.