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Canton, MO

2,741 Population
2.3 square miles 1,199.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 40.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,866 ±$5,762 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: $34,954 ±$1,367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$46,941 ±$10,651 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: $63,470 ±$2,488
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

15.6% ±6.3% (336  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 12.6% † 9,188 (±1.3% / ±962)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

20.6 minutes ±3.4 (23,070  ±5,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 17.7 605,465 (±0.6 / ±24,825)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

951 ±105 Number of households
  • the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 30,986 ±404
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.3 ±0.3 (2,161  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 2.3 72,602 (±0 / ±60)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.8% ±3.1% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 4.7% † 744 (±1.1% / ±169)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,223 ±114 Number of housing units
  • the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 34,598 ±57
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$115,100 ±$7,496 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: $151,800 ±$4,623
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

16.6% ±5.3% (446  ±142.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 11.1% † 8,242 (±1.2% / ±920.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

81.8% ±10.9% (1,389  ±212.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 92.7% 47,731 (±2.7% / ±1,374)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
16.3% ±5.4% (277  ±94.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 25.7% 13,220 (±1.4% / ±744.6)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

2.3% ±1.8% (64  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 1.3% 977
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

5% ±2.2% (124  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area: 8.1% 4,688 (±0.7% / ±394)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
124 Total veterans ±55 124 Male ±55 N/A Female ±12

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