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Canaan township, Wayne County, PA

3,606 Population
18.3 square miles 197.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 48.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$11,830 ±$1,790 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in Wayne County: $33,735 ±$1,111
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$69,063 ±$19,507 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $62,182 ±$2,779
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10.6% ±5% (109  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 5,845 (±1.6% / ±783)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.1 minutes ±3.1 (11,770  ±3,891) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 28.8 526,555 (±1.6 / ±34,408)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

387 ±64 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 20,314 ±488
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.3 (1,033  ±213) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 47,948 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.9% ±5.5% (17  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Wayne County: 3.9% † 335 (±1% / ±84)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

441 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 32,054 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$267,300 ±$26,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $228,200 ±$7,502
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.4% ±5.1% (590  ±186.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 10.2% † 5,185 (±1.3% / ±638.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

82.8% ±4.8% (2,686  ±197.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 91.4% 36,069 (±2.5% / ±999.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
6.9% ±1.9% (223  ±62.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Wayne County: 21.6% 8,516 (±1.4% / ±531.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

3.2% ±1.2% (117  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 3.7% 1,904
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.2% ±1.6% (210  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 9.9% 4,243 (±0.8% / ±354)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
210 Total veterans ±54 196 Male ±52 14 Female ±10

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