Canaan vs Gilman

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

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

Canaan has the higher population (305 vs 146 in Gilman). Gilman has the higher median household income ($57,955 vs $56,250 in Canaan). Canaan has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $97,900 in Gilman).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Gilman
Population	305	146
Median age	51.7 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$57,955
Median home value	$118,000	$97,900
Median gross rent	$742	—
Housing units	160	133
Homeownership rate	74.3%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Gilman
Population	327 → 305 (-6.7%)	159 → 146 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$39,265 → $56,250 (+43.3%)	$27,955 → $57,955 (+107.3%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $118,000 (+24.2%)	$66,400 → $97,900 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $742 (+0.8%)	$1,028 → $1,143 (+11.2%)

Canaan

Population

327305

Median household income

$39,265$56,250

Median home value

$95,000$118,000

Median gross rent

$736$742

Gilman

Population

159146

Median household income

$27,955$57,955

Median home value

$66,400$97,900

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Gilman
Under 5	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	24.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	35.6%
65 to 74	25.9%	19.2%
75 and over	10.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Gilman
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	96.6%
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	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Gilman
No high school diploma	21.1%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Gilman
Drove alone	86.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Gilman
1-unit, detached	68.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Gilman
Poverty rate	8.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1966	1938