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Canton CCD, Cherokee County, GA

48,138 Population
81.8 square miles 588.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 40.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,995 ±$3,105 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $48,727 ±$1,154
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,484 ±$10,328 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $108,115 ±$2,344
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.2% ±2.4% (4,830  ±1,131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 7% † 19,439 (±0.8% / ±2,203)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±3.2 (517,270  ±39,632) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 31.3 3,582,395 (±0.5 / ±96,421)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,777 ±825 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 101,514 ±733
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (47,269  ±2,027) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.8 279,041 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±2.4% (700  ±249) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 5.1% † 3,328 (±0.9% / ±583)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,689 ±832 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 106,407 ±63
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$434,900 ±$14,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $435,100 ±$6,575
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±2.1% (4,665  ±1,017.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 11.5% 32,063 (±0.9% / ±2,580)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±2.4% (27,306  ±1,485) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 92.5% 179,100 (±1.9% / ±3,687.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.2% ±2.5% (11,390  ±976.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 41.2% 79,712 (±1.2% / ±2,271)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about the same as 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

12.4% ±1.9% (5,947  ±950) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 10.3% 28,874
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.1% (2,931  ±426) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.3% 15,827 (±0.5% / ±1,009)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,931 Total veterans ±426 2,717 Male ±415 214 Female ±117

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