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Canaan town, Essex County, VT

810 Population
33 square miles 24.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 51.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,500 ±$3,107 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $36,657 ±$2,975
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,606 ±$3,733 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $59,294 ±$3,865
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±4% (84  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 13.9% † 828 (±3.4% / ±203)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±4.6 (7,025  ±2,166) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Essex County: 28.1 66,210 (±2.3 / ±6,704)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

384 ±54 Number of households
  • Essex County: 2,823 ±140
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (809  ±110) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.1 5,942 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±4.7% (5  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 4.1% † 44 (±2.2% / ±24)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

589 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 4,952 ±31
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,900 ±$46,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $172,500 ±$8,240
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.2% ±1.8% (18  ±15) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 5.8% † 343 (±1.7% / ±101.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±4.4% (569  ±85) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 4,118 (±4.7% / ±219.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.8% ±5.1% (89  ±35.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 21.5% † 988 (±2.4% / ±108.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.3% ±1.4% (27  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 3.1% 186
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.4% (32  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 9.3% † 465 (±1.5% / ±73)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
32 Total veterans ±17 28 Male ±17 4 Female ±5

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