Canton Valley vs Mansfield Center

A side-by-side comparison of Canton Valley and Mansfield Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Canton Valley and Mansfield Center are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canton Valley has the higher population (1,364 vs 988 in Mansfield Center). Mansfield Center has the higher median household income ($132,639 vs $88,028 in Canton Valley). Canton Valley has the higher median home value ($354,900 vs $294,300 in Mansfield Center).

Population, income & housing

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
Population	1,364	988
Median age	32.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,028	$132,639
Median home value	$354,900	$294,300
Median gross rent	$1,271	—
Housing units	669	386
Homeownership rate	72.9%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
Population	1,651 → 1,364 (-17.4%)	939 → 988 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $88,028 (+65.2%)	$54,800 → $132,639 (+142.0%)
Median home value	$238,000 → $354,900 (+49.1%)	$225,000 → $294,300 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,271 (+19.8%)	$1,375 → $1,308 (-4.9%)

Canton Valley

Population

1,6511,364

Median household income

$53,281$88,028

Median home value

$238,000$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,271

Mansfield Center

Population

939988

Median household income

$54,800$132,639

Median home value

$225,000$294,300

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
Under 5	11.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	18.2%
75 and over	7.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
Drove alone	81.3%	62.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	28.3%
Other means	2.2%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
1-unit, detached	56.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton Valley	Mansfield Center
Poverty rate	0.9%	0.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1972	1956