East Haven is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 28,189 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, East Haven is the 35th largest community in Connecticut.

East Haven is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Haven is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Haven who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.10%), sales jobs (10.44%), and management occupations (6.09%).

Also of interest is that East Haven has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the nice things about East Haven is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

East Haven Information and Demographics

The population of East Haven overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in East Haven, 17.09% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in East Haven in 2000 was $22,396, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,584 for a family of four.

The people who call East Haven home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in East Haven is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Haven include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in East Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.