Canaan vs Lunenburg

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

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

Lunenburg has the higher population (430 vs 305 in Canaan). Canaan has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $43,523 in Lunenburg). Lunenburg has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $118,000 in Canaan).

Population, income & housing

	Canaan	Lunenburg
Population	305	430
Median age	51.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$43,523
Median home value	$118,000	$143,100
Median gross rent	$742	—
Housing units	160	171
Homeownership rate	74.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canaan	Lunenburg
Population	327 → 305 (-6.7%)	376 → 430 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$39,265 → $56,250 (+43.3%)	$41,250 → $43,523 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $118,000 (+24.2%)	$111,800 → $143,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $742 (+0.8%)	$544 → $983 (+80.7%)

Canaan

Population

327305

Median household income

$39,265$56,250

Median home value

$95,000$118,000

Median gross rent

$736$742

Lunenburg

Population

376430

Median household income

$41,250$43,523

Median home value

$111,800$143,100

Median gross rent

$544$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canaan	Lunenburg
Under 5	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	25.9%	16.0%
75 and over	10.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canaan	Lunenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canaan	Lunenburg
No high school diploma	21.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canaan	Lunenburg
Drove alone	86.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	13.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canaan	Lunenburg
1-unit, detached	68.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Canaan	Lunenburg
Poverty rate	8.9%	45.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1966	1938