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Canton township, Fulton County, IL

14,072 Population
34.7 square miles 405.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Fulton County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,671 ±$5,562 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fulton County: $33,706 ±$2,372
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$55,257 ±$3,530 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Fulton County: $58,617 ±$2,360
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

13.5% ±2.9% (1,657  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fulton County: 12.6% † 3,942 (±1.6% / ±509)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.4 minutes ±2.5 (113,820  ±16,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fulton County: 25.1 335,520 (±1.2 / ±19,821)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,824 ±217 Number of households
  • Fulton County: 13,902 ±240
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.1 (12,244  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fulton County: 2.3 31,247 (±0 / ±53)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.1% ±4% (129  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fulton County: 3.5% † 224 (±1.7% / ±109)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

6,548 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Fulton County: 15,883 ±56
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$110,000 ±$9,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fulton County: $102,500 ±$5,090
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.6% ±3.5% (2,044  ±488.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fulton County: 10.9% † 3,598 (±1.8% / ±581)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

88.8% ±5.2% (9,556  ±601.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fulton County: 90.9% 22,076 (±3.1% / ±756.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
16.9% ±2.6% (1,814  ±281.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fulton County: 17.6% 4,284 (±1.6% / ±378.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

1.9% ±0.6% (268  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fulton County: 1.1% 378
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.9% ±1.8% (938  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Fulton County: 7.9% † 2,098 (±0.9% / ±251)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
938 Total veterans ±216 869 Male ±208 69 Female ±60

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