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Canton, OH

69,209 Population
26.5 square miles 2,609.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,111 ±$2,270 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $36,526 ±$906
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $40,934 ±$342
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$46,320 ±$6,544 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $69,597 ±$3,007
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $72,212 ±$538
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

32.2% ±7.4% (21,548  ±4,916) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 12.3% † 48,495 (±1.9% / ±7,343)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 12.7% 1,467,983 (±0.3% / ±33,353)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.1 minutes ±0.7 (512,425  ±30,419) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 22.3 3,708,135 (±0.4 / ±86,842)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

28,487 ±1,924 Number of households
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 167,576 ±2,294
  • Ohio: 4,929,322 ±14,176
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (67,118  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 2.3 392,614 (±0 / ±129)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,586,466
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±2.2% (596  ±391) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 4.5% † 3,912 (±1.1% / ±947)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 138,576 (±0.3% / ±6,966)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,425 ±2,110 Number of housing units
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 182,205 ±71
  • Ohio: 5,336,168 ±1,425
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$101,200 ±$14,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $205,400 ±$8,482
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $239,800 ±$1,395
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.8% ±4.5% (10,822  ±3,087.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 9.9% † 39,141 (±1.3% / ±5,129.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 11.8% 1,383,489 (±0.3% / ±29,556)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±6.6% (39,082  ±3,401.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 94.4% 266,915 (±2.6% / ±7,503.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 92.2% 7,607,705 (±0.5% / ±43,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
16.7% ±3.4% (7,226  ±1,516.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 26% 73,400 (±1.5% / ±4,318.4)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 32.4% 2,670,043 (±0.3% / ±24,912.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.3% ±1.7% (2,266  ±1,196) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 1.9% 7,594
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 654,793
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.4% ±1.9% (3,250  ±962) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 7.9% † 24,745 (±0.8% / ±2,567)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.2% 572,074 (±0.1% / ±11,365)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,250 Total veterans ±962 2,781 Male ±847 469 Female ±374

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