Canaan vs Northwest Harwinton

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

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

Northwest Harwinton has the higher population (3,126 vs 1,297 in Canaan). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median household income ($97,977 vs $31,986 in Canaan). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
Population	1,297	3,126
Median age	39.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$97,977
Median home value	$170,700	$323,600
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,474
Housing units	657	1,414
Homeownership rate	60.6%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	3,011 → 3,126 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$106,417 → $97,977 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$276,500 → $323,600 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$1,406 → $1,474 (+4.8%)

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

Northwest Harwinton

Population

3,0113,126

Median household income

$106,417$97,977

Median home value

$276,500$323,600

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
Under 5	4.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	28.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	1.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	17.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.3%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
No high school diploma	15.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
Drove alone	76.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	12.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
1-unit, detached	72.1%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Northwest Harwinton
Poverty rate	34.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1938	1961