Canaan vs Winsted

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

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

Winsted has the higher population (7,074 vs 1,297 in Canaan). Winsted has the higher median household income ($66,058 vs $31,986 in Canaan). Winsted has the higher median home value ($214,000 vs $170,700 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Winsted
Population	1,297	7,074
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,986	$66,058
Median home value	$170,700	$214,000
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,193
Housing units	657	3,952
Homeownership rate	60.6%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Winsted
Population	1,050 → 1,297 (+23.5%)	7,121 → 7,074 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$36,532 → $31,986 (-12.4%)	$51,684 → $66,058 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $170,700 (+0.2%)	$149,900 → $214,000 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,321 (+3.4%)	$960 → $1,193 (+24.3%)

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

Winsted

Population

7,1217,074

Median household income

$51,684$66,058

Median home value

$149,900$214,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Winsted
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	28.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.5%
75 and over	7.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Winsted
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Winsted
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Winsted
Drove alone	76.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Winsted
1-unit, detached	72.1%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	30.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	8.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Winsted
Poverty rate	34.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.24	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945