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Canton, KS

706 Population
0.5 square miles 1,420.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 39.4 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,636 ±$5,586 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $37,426 ±$1,709
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$70,729 ±$15,464 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $78,851 ±$5,212
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

4.5% ±4.4% (32  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 9.5% † 2,684 (±1.9% / ±551)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

24.7 minutes ±2.7 (9,520  ±2,714) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 14.8 214,375 (±0.8 / ±14,868)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

279 ±62 Number of households
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 12,162 ±245
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.5 ±0.8 (706  ±139) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 2.3 28,248 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

8.9% ±10% (12  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 4.9% † 337 (±2.1% / ±147)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

307 ±67 Number of housing units
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 13,176 ±41
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$128,200 ±$10,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $211,200 ±$7,894
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

6.2% ±5.4% (43  ±38.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 15.1% † 4,512 (±2.2% / ±665.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

92.8% ±23.8% (454  ±78.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 92.7% 18,636 (±4.4% / ±884.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
10% ±6.4% (49  ±32.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 34.3% 6,891 (±2.8% / ±568.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.2% ±4.2% (38  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,237 (±0.9% / ±213)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
38 Total veterans ±23 38 Male ±23 N/A Female ±11

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