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Canton, IL

13,144 Population
8.4 square miles 1,566.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,753 ±$2,738 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Canton, IL Micro Area: $32,918 ±$1,356
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,254 ±$6,983 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Canton, IL Micro Area: $60,599 ±$2,308
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±2.8% (1,707  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 13.2% † 4,063 (±1.6% / ±484)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±3.5 (100,915  ±18,389) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 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)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,523 ±279 Number of households
  • the Canton, IL Micro Area: 13,795 ±289
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (11,235  ±325) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 2.2 30,911 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3.4% (82  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 4.6% † 287 (±1.7% / ±107)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,274 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the Canton, IL Micro Area: 15,848 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,100 ±$10,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Canton, IL Micro Area: $107,200 ±$5,229
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±3.3% (1,795  ±441.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,300 (±1.6% / ±510.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±5.6% (9,011  ±661.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 90.6% 21,851 (±3.3% / ±808.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±2.8% (1,675  ±291.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 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)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±0.7% (270  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 1.2% 391
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±1.9% (909  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Canton, IL Micro Area: 7.3% † 1,934 (±1% / ±263)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
909 Total veterans ±216 866 Male ±207 43 Female ±43

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