Canaan vs New Preston

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

Canaan and New Preston 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 1,121 in New Preston). New Preston has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $31,986 in Canaan). New Preston has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	New Preston
Population	1,297	1,121
Median age	39.6 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$60,526
Median home value	$170,700	$447,300
Median gross rent	$1,321	$531
Housing units	657	640
Homeownership rate	60.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	New Preston
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	856 → 1,121 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$100,652 → $60,526 (-39.9%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$377,700 → $447,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$1,354 → $531 (-60.8%)

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

New Preston

Population

8561,121

Median household income

$100,652$60,526

Median home value

$377,700$447,300

Median gross rent

$1,354$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	New Preston
Under 5	4.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	28.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	17.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	18.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	21.1%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	New Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	New Preston
No high school diploma	15.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	New Preston
Drove alone	76.7%	38.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	0.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	40.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	New Preston
1-unit, detached	72.1%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	New Preston
Poverty rate	34.5%	24.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1938	1972