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Canton, TX

4,411 Population
6.2 square miles 715.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±5.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Van Zandt County: 42.1 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,436 ±$3,970 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Van Zandt County: $34,078 ±$1,976
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$48,858 ±$16,450 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Van Zandt County: $68,274 ±$4,520
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

15.1% ±6.8% (625  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Van Zandt County: 11.5% † 6,959 (±2.1% / ±1,244)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

33.4 minutes ±7.7 (53,745  ±15,718) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Van Zandt County: 36.6 853,775 (±1.7 / ±54,499)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,935 ±237 Number of households
  • Van Zandt County: 22,555 ±514
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.1 ±0.3 (4,110  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Van Zandt County: 2.7 60,721 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

6.7% ±6.9% (61  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Van Zandt County: 7.9% † 1,012 (±2.4% / ±308)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,132 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Van Zandt County: 25,708 ±46
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$189,200 ±$30,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Van Zandt County: $199,500 ±$10,044
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

16% ±5.8% (699  ±253.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Van Zandt County: 12.8% † 7,732 (±1.9% / ±1,149.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

87.2% ±11.1% (2,711  ±393.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Van Zandt County: 87.3% 37,219 (±3.5% / ±1,482.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
20.8% ±6.5% (646  ±207.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Van Zandt County: 18.2% 7,758 (±1.7% / ±708)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

1.4% ±1.5% (63  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Van Zandt County: 4% 2,435
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9% ±4.2% (313  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Van Zandt County: 9.1% † 4,274 (±1.1% / ±535)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
313 Total veterans ±146 277 Male ±148 36 Female ±42

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