Canton vs Waleska

A side-by-side comparison of Canton and Waleska: population, income, housing, and more.

Canton and Waleska are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canton has the higher population (34,587 vs 767 in Waleska). Canton has the higher median household income ($81,642 vs $52,500 in Waleska). Canton has the higher median home value ($369,700 vs $362,500 in Waleska).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Waleska
Population	34,587	767
Median age	34.0 yrs	21.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,642	$52,500
Median home value	$369,700	$362,500
Median gross rent	$1,592	$867
Housing units	12,954	146
Homeownership rate	54.5%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Waleska
Population	28,166 → 34,587 (+22.8%)	740 → 767 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$61,259 → $81,642 (+33.3%)	$55,417 → $52,500 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$215,600 → $369,700 (+71.5%)	$160,000 → $362,500 (+126.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,592 (+39.5%)	$1,134 → $867 (-23.5%)

Canton

Population

28,16634,587

Median household income

$61,259$81,642

Median home value

$215,600$369,700

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,592

Waleska

Population

740767

Median household income

$55,417$52,500

Median home value

$160,000$362,500

Median gross rent

$1,134$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Waleska
Under 5	7.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	5.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	64.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	2.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	3.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.3%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Waleska
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	72.5%
Black or African American	14.5%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Waleska
No high school diploma	16.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	20.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Waleska
Drove alone	62.2%	59.4%
Carpooled	16.3%	0.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	17.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	22.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Waleska
1-unit, detached	62.4%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Waleska
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	2004	1964