Canaan vs Mountain Lakes

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

Canaan and Mountain Lakes are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain Lakes has the higher population (500 vs 205 in Canaan). Since 2019, Mountain Lakes's population has grown faster (-24.5% vs -40.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
Population	205	500
Median age	32.2 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,523
Median gross rent	$958	—
Housing units	242	465
Homeownership rate	34.5%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
Population	342 → 205 (-40.1%)	662 → 500 (-24.5%)
Median household income	—	$44,844 → $43,523 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$148,600 → $212,500 (+43.0%)	$131,400 → $150,800 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $958 (+29.5%)	$1,639 → $1,639 (+0.0%)

Canaan

Population

342205

Median home value

$148,600$212,500

Median gross rent

$740$958

Mountain Lakes

Population

662500

Median household income

$44,844$43,523

Median home value

$131,400$150,800

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
Under 5	0.0%	15.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	7.8%
18 to 24	15.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	27.8%	24.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.0%
45 to 54	4.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	26.8%	12.8%
75 and over	0.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
Drove alone	58.3%	97.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
1-unit, detached	20.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	43.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Mountain Lakes
Poverty rate	8.8%	10.8%
Average household size	1.44	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1949	1990