Canton vs Woodstock

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

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

Woodstock has the higher population (36,297 vs 34,587 in Canton). Woodstock has the higher median household income ($105,396 vs $81,642 in Canton). Woodstock has the higher median home value ($387,300 vs $369,700 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Woodstock
Population	34,587	36,297
Median age	34.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,642	$105,396
Median home value	$369,700	$387,300
Median gross rent	$1,592	$1,735
Housing units	12,954	14,979
Homeownership rate	54.5%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Woodstock
Population	28,166 → 34,587 (+22.8%)	31,437 → 36,297 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$61,259 → $81,642 (+33.3%)	$76,191 → $105,396 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$215,600 → $369,700 (+71.5%)	$243,500 → $387,300 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,592 (+39.5%)	$1,342 → $1,735 (+29.3%)

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

Woodstock

Population

31,43736,297

Median household income

$76,191$105,396

Median home value

$243,500$387,300

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Woodstock
Under 5	7.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.5%
75 and over	6.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	69.4%
Black or African American	14.5%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Woodstock
No high school diploma	16.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.6%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Woodstock
Drove alone	62.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	16.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	21.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	62.4%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.9%
20 or more units	13.7%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Woodstock
Poverty rate	11.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	2004	2005