Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Canton charter township, Wayne County, MI

98,821 Population
36.1 square miles 2,735.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

38.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 38 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$48,065 ±$2,897 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wayne County: $32,492 ±$663
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $38,151 ±$294
$107,403 ±$10,167 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Wayne County: $55,867 ±$1,266
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $66,986 ±$675

5.9% ±2% (5,844  ±1,917) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wayne County: 21.2% 369,068 (±1.1% / ±18,634)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.4% 1,315,899 (±0.3% / ±31,439)

26.9 minutes ±0.4 (1,114,140  ±39,577) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 25.2 16,713,750 (±0.2 / ±184,357)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

34,936 ±1,819 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 691,389 ±4,925
  • Michigan: 4,089,794 ±11,504
2.8 ±0.2 (98,486  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,737,858 (±0 / ±637)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,154

9.7% ±4.7% (2,193  ±1,076) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 5.5% † 22,405 (±0.8% / ±3,230)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 5% 111,639 (±0.3% / ±7,104)

Housing

37,492 ±2,132 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 790,980 ±290
  • Michigan: 4,605,363 ±2,410

$357,000 ±$14,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Wayne County: $173,500 ±$2,402
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $224,400 ±$1,404

6.5% ±1.7% (6,313  ±1,677) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 10.3% 178,916 (±0.7% / ±12,358.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,149,751 (±0.3% / ±25,103.2)

Social

96.2% ±4.2% (63,470  ±3,807.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 87.7% 1,047,064 (±1.4% / ±16,898.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,409,230 (±0.5% / ±35,800.6)
56.6% ±3.5% (37,350  ±2,777.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 27.3% 326,489 (±0.8% / ±9,479.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.1% 2,241,852 (±0.3% / ±20,682.8)

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

20% ±3% (19,781  ±2,918) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Wayne County: 9.8% 172,529
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 695,203

4.6% ±1.3% (3,398  ±943) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 5.1% 67,933 (±0.2% / ±3,281)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 461,809 (±0.1% / ±9,229)
3,398 Total veterans ±943 3,219 Male ±897 179 Female ±148

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.