With 55,351 people, West Haven is a city in Connecticut. 51% of homes are owner-occupied. Density works out to 5,149 people per square mile. This skews young, with a median age of 35.8. That trails the Connecticut median by roughly 22%. The foreign-born share is 21%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $74,382, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.8
US median: 38.9
Average education
30% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 37%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West Haven
What changed most since 1990
White share82.2% → 43.5%(−38.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$350,890 → $291,700(−17%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share3.2% → 27.4%(+24.2 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Its weight in South Central Connecticut Planning Region
West Haven's population equals 9.7% of South Central Connecticut Planning Region's. Its number of people who work from home equals 6.0% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 15% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16%(324)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11%(223)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era50%(1,010)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.4%(29)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(7)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,022 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
West Haven, decade by decade
West Haven population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
54,021
$85,738
$350,890
17.2%
38.5
2000
52,360
$77,225
$213,134
19.1%
59.9
2010
55,564
$74,596
$335,187
20.9%
75.9
2020
55,584
$77,880
$238,529
25.1%
84.9
2024
55,351
$74,382
$291,700
30.5%
86.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
