Canaan vs Litchfield

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

Canaan and Litchfield 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 1,274 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $31,986 in Canaan). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Litchfield
Population	1,297	1,274
Median age	39.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$107,024
Median home value	$170,700	$378,900
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,246
Housing units	657	617
Homeownership rate	60.6%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Litchfield
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)

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

Litchfield

Population

1,2451,274

Median household income

$83,750$107,024

Median home value

$350,000$378,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Litchfield
Under 5	4.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	28.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	1.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	17.1%
75 and over	7.6%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Litchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	10.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Litchfield
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	23.0%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Litchfield
Drove alone	76.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Litchfield
1-unit, detached	72.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Litchfield
Poverty rate	34.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938