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Canton charter township, Wayne County, MI

98,040 Population
36.1 square miles 2,713.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$50,526 ±$2,850 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wayne County: $33,098 ±$692
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$106,928 ±$11,125 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Wayne County: $57,281 ±$1,916
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

5.2% ±2% (5,086  ±1,906) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wayne County: 20.5% 355,646 (±1.1% / ±18,527)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

27.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,080,765  ±42,768) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 25 16,213,625 (±0.2 / ±164,883)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

36,504 ±1,677 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 696,332 ±5,214
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.7 ±0.1 (97,747  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,733,126 (±0 / ±494)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

4.4% ±2.2% (1,069  ±546) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 5.5% † 22,493 (±0.7% / ±2,820)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

38,189 ±1,791 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 803,765 ±191
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$356,500 ±$12,649 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Wayne County: $177,300 ±$4,027
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

7.6% ±1.9% (7,386  ±1,863.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 10.1% 174,556 (±0.8% / ±13,188.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

93.2% ±4.7% (65,174  ±3,911.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 87.9% 1,050,085 (±1.5% / ±17,391.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
52.5% ±3.7% (36,728  ±2,861.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Wayne County: 27.1% 324,104 (±0.7% / ±8,651.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

20.8% ±2.3% (20,405  ±2,267) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Wayne County: 10.7% 186,546
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

5.7% ±1.3% (4,326  ±1,015) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 4.5% 60,217 (±0.3% / ±4,115)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
4,326 Total veterans ±1,015 3,674 Male ±915 652 Female ±509

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