Canton vs Cuba

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

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

Canton has the higher population (13,408 vs 979 in Cuba). Canton has the higher median household income ($54,881 vs $41,250 in Cuba). Canton has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $61,900 in Cuba).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Cuba
Population	13,408	979
Median age	44.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,881	$41,250
Median home value	$106,900	$61,900
Median gross rent	$814	$881
Housing units	6,214	522
Homeownership rate	70.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Cuba
Population	13,682 → 13,408 (-2.0%)	1,133 → 979 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$44,299 → $54,881 (+23.9%)	$43,333 → $41,250 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $106,900 (+18.5%)	$50,500 → $61,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $814 (+37.3%)	$686 → $881 (+28.4%)

Canton

Population

13,68213,408

Median household income

$44,299$54,881

Median home value

$90,200$106,900

Median gross rent

$593$814

Cuba

Population

1,133979

Median household income

$43,333$41,250

Median home value

$50,500$61,900

Median gross rent

$686$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Cuba
Under 5	3.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.5%
75 and over	9.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Cuba
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Cuba
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Cuba
Drove alone	81.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Cuba
1-unit, detached	81.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Cuba
Poverty rate	14.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1957	1955