Bantam vs Canaan

A side-by-side comparison of Bantam and Canaan: population, income, housing, and more.

Bantam and Canaan are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canaan has the higher population (1,297 vs 762 in Bantam). Bantam has the higher median household income ($51,406 vs $31,986 in Canaan). Bantam has the higher median home value ($292,000 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	Canaan
Population	762	1,297
Median age	49.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$31,986
Median home value	$292,000	$170,700
Median gross rent	$666	$1,321
Housing units	468	657
Homeownership rate	45.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	Canaan
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

Canaan

Population

1,0501,297

Median household income

$36,532$31,986

Median home value

$170,300$170,700

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,321

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	Canaan
Under 5	7.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	28.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.3%
75 and over	13.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	Canaan
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	Canaan
No high school diploma	7.9%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	Canaan
Drove alone	84.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	Canaan
1-unit, detached	48.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	3.8%
20 or more units	13.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	Canaan
Poverty rate	12.7%	34.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1950	1938