Canaan vs New Hartford Center

A side-by-side comparison of Canaan and New Hartford Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Hartford Center has the higher population (1,691 vs 1,297 in Canaan). New Hartford Center has the higher median household income ($78,487 vs $31,986 in Canaan). New Hartford Center has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
Population	1,297	1,691
Median age	39.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$78,487
Median home value	$170,700	$216,700
Median gross rent	$1,321	$983
Housing units	657	711
Homeownership rate	60.6%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	1,047 → 1,691 (+61.5%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$56,174 → $78,487 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$208,000 → $216,700 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$877 → $983 (+12.1%)

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

New Hartford Center

Population

1,0471,691

Median household income

$56,174$78,487

Median home value

$208,000$216,700

Median gross rent

$877$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
Under 5	4.9%	19.3%
5 to 17	28.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	1.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	24.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	2.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.7%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
No high school diploma	15.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
Drove alone	76.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
1-unit, detached	72.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	New Hartford Center
Poverty rate	34.5%	2.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938