Census Reporter

Canton, OH

70,863 Population
26.3 square miles 2,692.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 42.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$20,081 ±$909 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $30,150 ±$532
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $32,465 ±$120
$32,735 ±$1,815 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $54,854 ±$1,099
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $58,116 ±$228

30.6% ±2.2% (20,955  ±1,498) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 13.3% 51,723 (±0.5% / ±2,041)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.6% 1,546,011 (±0.2% / ±18,637)

20.7 minutes ±0.8 (576,455  ±32,661) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 22.2 3,869,125 (±0.3 / ±65,794)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.7 122,554,945 (±0.1 / ±498,760)

Families

30,260 ±822 Number of households
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 165,608 ±960
  • Ohio: 4,717,226 ±9,371
2.3 ±0.1 (68,295  ±362) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 2.4 389,259 (±0 / ±769)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,361,029

6.6% ±1.4% (1,146  ±249) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,721 (±0.6% / ±478)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.6% 147,694 (±0.1% / ±3,070)

Housing

34,727 ±783 Number of housing units
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 180,622 ±291
  • Ohio: 5,217,090 ±539

$73,300 ±$3,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $138,300 ±$1,882
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $151,400 ±$464

18.6% ±1.8% (12,952  ±1,256.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 12.3% 48,497 (±0.7% / ±2,735.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 14% 1,616,690 (±0.1% / ±15,336)

Social

85.9% ±2.5% (39,887  ±1,392.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 91.9% 256,951 (±1.1% / ±2,974)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 90.8% 7,276,196 (±0.2% / ±19,543.5)
13.7% ±1.1% (6,348  ±523.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 22.8% 63,706 (±0.6% / ±1,596.6)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 28.9% 2,315,539 (±0.1% / ±11,245.6)

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

2.5% ±0.5% (1,771  ±376) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 1.9% 7,729 (±0.2% / ±763)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 4.7% 542,704 (±0.1% / ±7,381)

8% ±0.8% (4,261  ±435) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 8.2% 25,603 (±0.3% / ±970)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 7.6% 685,905 (±0.1% / ±6,478)
4,261 Total veterans ±435 3,789 Male ±412 472 Female ±142

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