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Canton township, Fulton County, IL

13,993 Population
34.7 square miles 402.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Fulton County: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,138 ±$2,585 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Fulton County: $32,918 ±$1,356
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$54,450 ±$6,705 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fulton County: $60,599 ±$2,308
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

14.5% ±2.6% (1,758  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fulton County: 13.2% † 4,063 (±1.6% / ±484)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

20.9 minutes ±3.1 (109,425  ±18,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fulton County: 25.8 331,530 (±1.4 / ±22,331)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

5,850 ±262 Number of households
  • Fulton County: 13,795 ±289
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.1 ±0.1 (12,084  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fulton County: 2.2 30,911 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

5.3% ±3.9% (130  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fulton County: 4.6% † 287 (±1.7% / ±107)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

6,636 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Fulton County: 15,848 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$109,100 ±$9,533 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Fulton County: $107,200 ±$5,229
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

13% ±3.2% (1,809  ±442.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fulton County: 10.1% † 3,300 (±1.6% / ±510.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

88.3% ±5.7% (9,585  ±668.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fulton County: 90.6% 21,851 (±3.3% / ±808.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
16.7% ±2.8% (1,807  ±304.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fulton County: 18.5% 4,454 (±1.6% / ±396.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

1.9% ±0.7% (270  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fulton County: 1.2% 391
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

7.9% ±1.8% (949  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fulton County: 7.3% † 1,934 (±1% / ±263)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
949 Total veterans ±220 898 Male ±208 51 Female ±46

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