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West Haven city, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
West Haven city is a Census city of 55,351 people across 10.75 square miles of land, in South Central Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $74,382, 50.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 51 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $26.3 m.
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West Haven
What West Haven is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.75 sq mi
- Water area0.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,149
- County holding the largest share of its areaSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Haven
How many people live in West Haven
- Population55,351
- Median age35.8
- Population under 1811,211
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over8,839
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent
- Households20,938
- Family households12,645
- Share of households that are families60.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Haven
Income and work in West Haven
- Median household income$74,382
- Per capita income$35,740
- Civilian labor force29,122
- Employed27,004
- Unemployed2,118 plus or minus 455
- Unemployment rate7.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over35,839
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Haven
Housing in West Haven
- Housing units21,973
- Occupied units20,938
- Vacant units1,035 plus or minus 352
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied10,590
- Renter occupied10,348
- Ownership rate50.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$291,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,442
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent
- Single family units10,982
- Share single family50.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more10,869
- Share in buildings of two or more49.5 percent
- Mobile homes122 plus or minus 102
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Haven
How West Haven gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute23,799
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,279
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,358
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.7 percent
- Drove alone72.6 percent
- Carpooled11.9 percent
- Public transport3.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home9.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Haven
SBA 7(a) lending to West Haven borrowers
- Approvals51
- Gross approval$26,255,700
- Average approval$514,818
- Median approval$102,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,485,000
- Largest approval$4,300,000
- Jobs supported455
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full3
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.8 percent
- Share to franchises3.9 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS38
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
West Haven
SBA 504 lending to West Haven borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$7,251,000
- Average approval$725,100
- Median approval$567,000
- Largest approval$1,884,000
- Jobs supported105
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, not West Haven
South Central Connecticut Planning Region context, not West Haven figures
These are South Central Connecticut Planning Region figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Haven measurements.
- Establishments in South Central Connecticut Planning Region13,779
- Employment at those establishments, South Central Connecticut Planning Region263,675
- Covered employment, South Central Connecticut Planning Region281,946
- Average annual pay, South Central Connecticut Planning Region$75,517
- Average weekly wage, South Central Connecticut Planning Region$1,452
- Housing units permitted, South Central Connecticut Planning Region1,014
- Of those, single family, South Central Connecticut Planning Region191
- County product, 2024, South Central Connecticut Planning Region$50,133,476,000
- Average income of an arriving household, South Central Connecticut Planning Region$80,547
Every figure in this section is published for South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of West Haven. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Haven questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Haven, Connecticut?
55,351, in 20,938 households. West Haven city covers 10.75 square miles of land, which is 5,149 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Haven in?
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Haven?
$74,382. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $291,700. Median gross rent is $1,442 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Haven businesses?
51 7(a) approvals totalling $26.3 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $102,600, plus 10 504 approvals worth $7.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Haven, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Haven borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Haven. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page West Haven figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Haven.
Is zoning published for West Haven?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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