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Canton township, McPherson County, KS

901 Population
35.9 square miles 25.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McPherson County: 39.1 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,002 ±$4,856 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McPherson County: $35,857 ±$1,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$67,500 ±$10,876 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McPherson County: $77,701 ±$3,510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

7% ±3.6% (63  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McPherson County: 9.1% † 2,579 (±2% / ±560)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

23.5 minutes ±4.7 (9,145  ±2,876) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in McPherson County: 14.5 214,195 (±0.7 / ±12,877)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

346 ±63 Number of households
  • McPherson County: 12,151 ±239
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.6 ±0.3 (901  ±188) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McPherson County: 2.3 28,288 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

11.3% ±9.7% (22  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McPherson County: 4.8% † 321 (±1.6% / ±104)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

403 ±63 Number of housing units
  • McPherson County: 13,128 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$130,800 ±$15,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McPherson County: $198,400 ±$9,405
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

7.4% ±4.9% (65  ±45.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in McPherson County: 14.8% † 4,422 (±2% / ±605.8)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

85.2% ±21.4% (491  ±85.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McPherson County: 92.3% 18,496 (±4.3% / ±866.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
11.3% ±6% (65  ±36.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in McPherson County: 33.1% 6,628 (±2.8% / ±551.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.2% ±4.9% (50  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in McPherson County: 5.1% † 1,189 (±0.8% / ±184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
50 Total veterans ±31 50 Male ±31 N/A Female ±11

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