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Canton, OH

69,666 Population
26.4 square miles 2,643.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,732 ±$2,147 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $34,287 ±$1,012
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $37,932 ±$269
$40,711 ±$3,314 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $64,546 ±$2,616
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $65,720 ±$618

28.3% ±5.8% (19,063  ±3,926) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 12.8% † 49,982 (±1.5% / ±5,977)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.4% 1,540,922 (±0.3% / ±37,806)

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

29,693 ±1,904 Number of households
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 166,456 ±2,309
  • Ohio: 4,878,206 ±13,413
2.3 ±0.2 (67,609  ±69) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 2.4 391,717 (±0 / ±130)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,472,112

7% ±4.5% (1,164  ±755) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,113 (±1.2% / ±1,064)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 144,549 (±0.3% / ±7,036)

Housing

34,305 ±1,942 Number of housing units
  • the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 181,395 ±105
  • Ohio: 5,293,227 ±374

$89,500 ±$10,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: $170,400 ±$4,442
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $204,100 ±$1,844

13.8% ±3.7% (9,454  ±2,522.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 8.5% † 33,536 (±1.1% / ±4,270.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.2% 1,413,503 (±0.3% / ±31,643.2)

Social

87% ±6% (39,615  ±3,183) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 93% 261,807 (±2.8% / ±7,839.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,460,496 (±0.5% / ±41,701.2)
16.8% ±3.2% (7,635  ±1,487.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 24.9% 70,090 (±1.5% / ±4,221.6)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,600,379 (±0.3% / ±25,115.3)

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

2.6% ±1.3% (1,828  ±908) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 2% 7,919
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5% 585,938

6.6% ±1.7% (3,453  ±884) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area: 6.4% 20,093 (±0.6% / ±1,928)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 602,318 (±0.1% / ±12,581)
3,453 Total veterans ±884 3,315 Male ±837 138 Female ±176

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