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Canton, KS

626 Population
0.5 square miles 1,259.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 39.1 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,980 ±$5,901 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $35,857 ±$1,267
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$64,141 ±$7,470 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $77,701 ±$3,510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

8.5% ±5.1% (53  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 9.1% † 2,579 (±2% / ±560)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

25.3 minutes ±6.3 (7,545  ±2,717) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 14.5 214,195 (±0.7 / ±12,877)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

257 ±51 Number of households
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 12,151 ±239
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.2 (626  ±134) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 2.3 28,288 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

10.2% ±12% (13  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 4.8% † 321 (±1.6% / ±104)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

295 ±54 Number of housing units
  • the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 13,128 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$119,700 ±$12,141 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: $198,400 ±$9,405
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

8.6% ±6.4% (53  ±41.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 14.8% † 4,422 (±2% / ±605.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.7% ±26.7% (399  ±76.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 92.3% 18,496 (±4.3% / ±866.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
9.6% ±7.4% (40  ±32) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 33.1% 6,628 (±2.8% / ±551.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.2% ±3.9% (27  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McPherson, KS Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,189 (±0.8% / ±184)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
27 Total veterans ±18 27 Male ±18 N/A Female ±11

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