Canaan vs Torrington

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

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

Torrington has the higher population (35,481 vs 1,297 in Canaan). Torrington has the higher median household income ($69,611 vs $31,986 in Canaan). Torrington has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Torrington
Population	1,297	35,481
Median age	39.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$69,611
Median home value	$170,700	$195,800
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,101
Housing units	657	17,047
Homeownership rate	60.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Torrington
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	34,489 → 35,481 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$63,172 → $69,611 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$153,700 → $195,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$949 → $1,101 (+16.0%)

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

Torrington

Population

34,48935,481

Median household income

$63,172$69,611

Median home value

$153,700$195,800

Median gross rent

$949$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Torrington
Under 5	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	28.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	1.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.9%
75 and over	7.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Torrington
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	10.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Torrington
No high school diploma	15.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Torrington
Drove alone	76.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Torrington
1-unit, detached	72.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Torrington
Poverty rate	34.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1938	1961