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Canton, SD

3,033 Population
3.3 square miles 927.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,560 ±$5,332 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: $44,905 ±$909
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,850 ±$10,436 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: $82,754 ±$1,941
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±3.7% (240  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 8.1% 23,604 (±0.7% / ±2,093)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±1 (27,110  ±4,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 18.6 2,698,000 (±0.3 / ±55,956)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,409 ±151 Number of households
  • the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 122,517 ±712
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (2,910  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 2.4 291,560 (±0 / ±140)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±2.3% (7  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 7.2% † 4,934 (±0.8% / ±551)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,540 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 128,770 ±174
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,400 ±$11,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: $295,900 ±$4,443
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±3.4% (183  ±103.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 13.4% 39,357 (±0.8% / ±2,272.5)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±10.4% (2,020  ±285.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 93.7% 184,940 (±1.5% / ±3,011.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±4.9% (371  ±110.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 36.7% 72,484 (±0.9% / ±1,830.2)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±2.2% (62  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 6.5% 19,296
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±2.4% (101  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 6.6% 14,690 (±0.5% / ±986)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
101 Total veterans ±56 91 Male ±55 10 Female ±16

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