2025 Compare Cities Economy:
New Canaan, CT vs Chandler, AZ

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- Household income in Chandler, is 58% less than it is in New Canaan and is 24% above the National Average.
- New Canaan unemployment rate is 5.7%.
- Chandler unemployment rate is 5.3%.
 New Canaan, CTChandler, AZUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth27.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock3.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$119,935  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$91,299$69,021
 Family Median Income$250,001  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 New Canaan, CTChandler, AZUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock5.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.3%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock4.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K4.2%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock21.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock12.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 New Canaan, CTChandler, AZUnited States
 Management, business, finance41.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock13.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.9%1.2%
 Education, library7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.2%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.5%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair0.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock8.1%13.1%
Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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Reviews for Chandler    66 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Mesa is such a medium sized city but so big for it's size that even if you drive 20 minutes you still will be in Mesa. In West Mesa it's where all the services for  More

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As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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