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Canton, GA

34,587 Population
18.6 square miles 1,859.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,206 ±$2,003 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $44,798 ±$262
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$81,642 ±$9,119 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $86,338 ±$676
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

11.4% ±2.8% (3,879  ±960) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 666,265 (±0.3% / ±15,096)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

29.2 minutes ±0.6 (398,055  ±31,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.2 77,687,664 (±0.1 / ±493,570)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

12,118 ±700 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,280,747 ±4,767
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.8 ±0.2 (34,256  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,090,560 (±0 / ±1,245)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

9.6% ±3.3% (762  ±267) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5% 79,278 (±0.2% / ±3,098)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

12,954 ±732 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,462,125 ±669
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$369,700 ±$20,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $335,100 ±$1,536
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

12.4% ±3.2% (4,209  ±1,069.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.2% 809,152 (±0.2% / ±14,013.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

83.9% ±5.3% (18,559  ±1,353.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 90.8% 3,760,519 (±0.4% / ±17,871)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
31.4% ±3.2% (6,948  ±756) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 41.5% 1,717,262 (±0.3% / ±11,573.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

13.6% ±2.9% (4,686  ±1,017) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 14.8% 916,065
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

8.8% ±1.7% (2,231  ±442) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.5% 303,405 (±0.1% / ±4,704)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
2,231 Total veterans ±442 2,076 Male ±405 155 Female ±106

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