Canon vs Royston

A side-by-side comparison of Canon and Royston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Royston has the higher population (2,335 vs 888 in Canon). Canon has the higher median household income ($38,500 vs $31,136 in Royston). Royston has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $113,200 in Canon).

Population, income & housing

	Canon	Royston
Population	888	2,335
Median age	32.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,500	$31,136
Median home value	$113,200	$220,500
Median gross rent	$831	$508
Housing units	336	1,213
Homeownership rate	67.3%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canon	Royston
Population	1,003 → 888 (-11.5%)	2,777 → 2,335 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$24,911 → $38,500 (+54.6%)	$21,125 → $31,136 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $113,200 (+48.4%)	$99,700 → $220,500 (+121.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $831 (+58.3%)	$582 → $508 (-12.7%)

Canon

Population

1,003888

Median household income

$24,911$38,500

Median home value

$76,300$113,200

Median gross rent

$525$831

Royston

Population

2,7772,335

Median household income

$21,125$31,136

Median home value

$99,700$220,500

Median gross rent

$582$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canon	Royston
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	32.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.2%
75 and over	5.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canon	Royston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	60.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canon	Royston
No high school diploma	27.4%	22.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canon	Royston
Drove alone	84.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canon	Royston
1-unit, detached	57.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Canon	Royston
Poverty rate	41.5%	26.3%
Average household size	3.58	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1979	1975