Canaan vs Lakeville

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

Canaan and Lakeville 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 641 in Lakeville). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($95,156 vs $31,986 in Canaan). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($822,200 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Lakeville
Population	1,297	641
Median age	39.6 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$95,156
Median home value	$170,700	$822,200
Median gross rent	$1,321	—
Housing units	657	348
Homeownership rate	60.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Lakeville
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	1,040 → 641 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$72,875 → $95,156 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$337,100 → $822,200 (+143.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$1,114 → $1,173 (+5.3%)

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

Lakeville

Population

1,040641

Median household income

$72,875$95,156

Median home value

$337,100$822,200

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Lakeville
Under 5	4.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	28.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	17.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	26.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	17.5%
75 and over	7.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Lakeville
No high school diploma	15.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Lakeville
Drove alone	76.7%	51.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	44.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	72.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	17.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Lakeville
Poverty rate	34.5%	15.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1938	1951