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New Haven County, CT

Migration of people and income, 20222023 filing years

At a glance (2023)

Cost of living
104
4% above the U.S. average

Cost of living is the statewide price level for Connecticut (state avg).

The cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. These figures describe all residents, not just tax filers, come from separate sources than the migration data on this page, and do not indicate why anyone moved.

Not enough data to report

Too few tax filers moved to or from New Haven County, CT for the IRS to publish migration figures above its disclosure threshold in the 20222023 filing years. To protect taxpayer privacy, the IRS withholds flows that involve too few returns, which most often affects the smallest counties. Figures may appear in other years. The population and local context below come from Census and other federal sources, a separate universe from the IRS filer data. How the data works.

Net migration by year

Net 2012–2021: -$2.5B (-35,952 people)
20122021
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Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012-$216.9M-3,957
2013-$248.1M-4,492
2014-$289.1M-4,924
2015-$186.2M-3,094
2016-$332.4M-5,292
2017-$489.4M-5,620
2018-$298.5M-3,493
2019-$291.6M-3,143
2020-$162.8M-1,590
2021-$12.5M-347
Income & cost of living

What a dollar is worth here

Prices around New Haven County, CT run about 4% above the national average. In plain terms: $100 spent here buys about what $96 buys in the average American community. The figures below apply that to income, each compared to the U.S. average of $70,002 per person.

Income per person
$68,131
what people here earn (BEA 2023, nominal)
3% below the U.S. average
Price level
104.2
100 = U.S. average prices (BEA price parity)
everyday costs about 4.2% higher than average
What that income buys
$65,384
local income restated at U.S.-average prices
7% below the U.S. average
Cheaper than U.S. avgU.S. average (100)Pricier

This county isn't in a metro area that BEA prices separately, so cost of living shows the Connecticut (state avg) figure.

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Where the cost comes from · price parity by category

Index where 100 = U.S. average for that category. Housing is usually what separates one place from another.

Housing & rents116.6
Goods98.6
Utilities153.2
Other services103.0

Housing is measured from rents (including an estimated rental value for owner-occupied homes), so a run-up in purchase prices shows here only as it reaches rents. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Covers all residents, a separate universe from the IRS filer income above. How the data works.

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How New Haven County, CT has voted. Certified returns, popular vote only. This is a separate dataset from the migration figures on this page.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
2024218,981171,4357,571D +11.9397,987
2020242,630169,8935,460D +17.4417,983
2016205,609159,04814,349D +12.3379,006
2012218,972138,3573,697D +22.3361,026
2008232,820144,4654,454D +23.1381,739
2004199,060160,3906,942D +10.6366,392
2000197,928122,91920,252D +22.0341,099

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab county returns (CC0). Margins are the popular-vote gap as a share of all votes cast.

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