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Canaan, CT

1,297 Population
1.7 square miles 743.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 47.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,698 ±$8,184 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: $55,526 ±$2,089
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$31,986 ±$22,417 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: $91,035 ±$2,915
  • about one-third of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

34.5% ±18.7% (447  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 9.2% † 10,224 (±1.1% / ±1,276)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

17.1 minutes ±7.8 (8,205  ±2,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 28.5 1,407,720 (±0.8 / ±53,547)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

578 ±138 Number of households
  • the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 47,035 ±600
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.2 ±0.2 (1,297  ±321) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 2.4 110,685 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

5.7% ±9.1% (16  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,168 (±1.2% / ±267)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

657 ±161 Number of housing units
  • the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 55,665 ±84
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$170,700 ±$119,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: $311,700 ±$8,796
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

5.9% ±4.4% (75  ±58.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 10.1% † 11,301 (±1.3% / ±1,425.5)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

84.7% ±12% (721  ±188.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 94.1% 79,432 (±2.3% / ±1,924.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
23% ±12.2% (196  ±112.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 39.4% 33,264 (±1.4% / ±1,154.7)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.3% ±13.1% (160  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 8.7% 9,837
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

7% ±4.7% (60  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 6.2% 5,695 (±0.5% / ±448)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
60 Total veterans ±42 60 Male ±42 N/A Female ±14

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