Elevation of New Haven
39ft
above sea level · 12 m
New Haven is a city in Connecticut with 138,774 people, the 3rd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 42nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 41.31° N · 72.93° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 18′ 29″ N · 72° 55′ 41″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 18T · 673,436 E · 4,575,036 N
- Zone 18 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 138,774 people
- 18.7 sq mi of land · 7,425 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2016: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
New Haven had 138,774 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 3.6% more than in April 2020, when it had 134,014. Its 18.7 sq mi of land work out to 7,425 people/sq mi; the state average is 762 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 215 places the Census counts in Connecticut (cities, towns and CDPs), after Bridgeport (152,273), and holds 3.8% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within South Central Connecticut Planning Region. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.2 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
New Haven sits at 39 ft (12 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: New Haven is 823 ft below it.
The state capital, Hartford, is 34 mi away in a straight line and 11 ft higher than New Haven.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is New York (New York), 70 mi away in a straight line and 4 ft lower.
Of the 5 cities in Connecticut with a page, New Haven is the 3rd highest. The others are Waterbury (271 ft), Hartford (50 ft), Bridgeport (19 ft), and Stamford (16 ft).
The highest point in Connecticut is the south slope of Mount Frissell, at 2,380 ft according to the USGS: 2,341 ft above New Haven.
- 208 New Haven 39 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of New Haven.
What is the elevation of New Haven?
New Haven is 39 feet (12 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of New Haven?
Latitude 41.30815 and longitude -72.92816, in decimal degrees (41° 18′ 29″ N · 72° 55′ 41″ W). In UTM, zone 18: 673,436 E and 4,575,036 N, on NAD83.
How does New Haven rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 42nd lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is New Haven in?
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut.
Which is higher, New Haven or Hartford?
Hartford. New Haven sits at 39 ft and Hartford at 50 ft: a difference of 11 ft, 34 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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