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Canton, TX

4,279 Population
6.2 square miles 694.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Van Zandt County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,175 ±$3,640 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Van Zandt County: $33,092 ±$2,064
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$52,500 ±$12,567 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Van Zandt County: $62,334 ±$5,052
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

13.4% ±6.4% (533  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Van Zandt County: 13.2% † 7,760 (±1.9% / ±1,106)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

31.7 minutes ±4.3 (47,035  ±9,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Van Zandt County: 37.3 856,435 (±1.5 / ±46,449)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

1,826 ±209 Number of households
  • Van Zandt County: 22,326 ±459
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.2 ±0.3 (3,971  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Van Zandt County: 2.7 59,433 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

9.3% ±7.9% (76  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Van Zandt County: 7.9% † 994 (±2.4% / ±304)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

1,990 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Van Zandt County: 25,484 ±40
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$158,300 ±$22,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Van Zandt County: $181,300 ±$9,702
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

17.2% ±5.4% (723  ±,225.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Van Zandt County: 13.1% † 7,793 (±1.8% / ±1,063.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

85.1% ±9.2% (2,544  ±,338.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Van Zandt County: 86% 35,918 (±3.5% / ±1,465.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
16.7% ±5.5% (500  ±,169.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Van Zandt County: 17.1% 7,130 (±1.6% / ±,669.1)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

1.8% ±1.9% (76  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Van Zandt County: 3.7% 2,230
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

10.4% ±5.6% (350  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Van Zandt County: 9.3% † 4,301 (±1.2% / ±553)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
350 Total veterans ±191 284 Male ±157 66 Female ±65

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