Canaan vs Hanover

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

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

Hanover has the higher population (3,584 vs 205 in Canaan). Canaan has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $126,300 in Hanover). Since 2019, Canaan's population has grown faster (+188.7% vs +4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Hanover
Population	205	3,584
Median age	49.0 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,194
Median home value	$157,400	$126,300
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	54	1,066
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Hanover
Population	71 → 205 (+188.7%)	3,427 → 3,584 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$23,472 → $29,550 (+25.9%)	$46,585 → $58,194 (+24.9%)
Median home value	—	$95,200 → $126,300 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$734 → $913 (+24.4%)

Canaan

Population

71205

Median household income

$23,472$29,550

Hanover

Population

3,4273,584

Median household income

$46,585$58,194

Median home value

$95,200$126,300

Median gross rent

$734$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Hanover
Under 5	12.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.7%	10.3%
18 to 24	26.8%	29.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	19.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.3%
75 and over	18.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Hanover
No high school diploma	26.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	66.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Hanover
Drove alone	100.0%	64.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Hanover
1-unit, detached	50.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Hanover
Poverty rate	3.9%	11.2%
Average household size	3.80	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	2000	1971