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Canton, OH

69,196 Population
26.5 square miles 2,610.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2

Economics

$22,628 ±$1,957 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $33,618 ±$1,003
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
$39,692 ±$5,189 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $63,774 ±$3,658
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731

25.1% ±5.1% (16,744  ±3,435) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 12% † 46,915 (±1.5% / ±5,812)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)

19.5 minutes ±0.8 (520,630  ±29,063) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 22.1 3,785,635 (±0.3 / ±69,802)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 118,947,336 (±0.1 / ±595,911)

Families

29,864 ±2,084 Number of households
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 168,115 ±2,402
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
2.3 ±0.2 (67,047  ±72) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 2.3 391,656 (±0 / ±149)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.3 † 11,489,821 (±,113 / ±-555,555,600)

6.2% ±3.7% (999  ±616) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,720 (±1.5% / ±1,271)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)

Housing

33,933 ±2,361 Number of housing units
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 181,957 ±77
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790

$96,600 ±$8,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $189,000 ±$6,102
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285

11.1% ±4.1% (7,528  ±2,792.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 8.5% † 33,740 (±1.2% / ±4,821.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)

Social

84.7% ±5% (39,210  ±3,499) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 92% 259,073 (±2.9% / ±8,287.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
16.5% ±3.6% (7,655  ±1,748.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 25.7% 72,428 (±1.6% / ±4,422.7)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)

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

2.1% ±1% (1,444  ±719) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 1.9% † 7,765 (±2,703.3% / ±1,418)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.3% † 621,863 (±,248.7% / ±13,762)

5.3% ±1.7% (2,842  ±941) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 6.6% 20,551 (±0.6% / ±1,841)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
2,842 Total veterans ±941 2,481 Male ±825 361 Female ±359

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