Canaan vs Island Pond

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

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

Island Pond has the higher population (698 vs 305 in Canaan). Canaan has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $47,500 in Island Pond). Island Pond has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $118,000 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Island Pond
Population	305	698
Median age	51.7 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$47,500
Median home value	$118,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$742	$795
Housing units	160	587
Homeownership rate	74.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Island Pond
Population	327 → 305 (-6.7%)	826 → 698 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$39,265 → $56,250 (+43.3%)	$32,222 → $47,500 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $118,000 (+24.2%)	$104,200 → $118,900 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $742 (+0.8%)	$719 → $795 (+10.6%)

Canaan

Population

327305

Median household income

$39,265$56,250

Median home value

$95,000$118,000

Median gross rent

$736$742

Island Pond

Population

826698

Median household income

$32,222$47,500

Median home value

$104,200$118,900

Median gross rent

$719$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Island Pond
Under 5	6.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	25.9%	12.6%
75 and over	10.5%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Island Pond
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	90.0%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Island Pond
No high school diploma	21.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Island Pond
Drove alone	86.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Island Pond
1-unit, detached	68.8%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Island Pond
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1966	1938