Canton vs Farmington

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

Canton and Farmington 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 1,990 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($64,313 vs $54,881 in Canton). Canton has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $99,300 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Farmington
Population	13,408	1,990
Median age	44.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,881	$64,313
Median home value	$106,900	$99,300
Median gross rent	$814	$877
Housing units	6,214	930
Homeownership rate	70.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Farmington
Population	13,682 → 13,408 (-2.0%)	2,374 → 1,990 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$44,299 → $54,881 (+23.9%)	$51,750 → $64,313 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $106,900 (+18.5%)	$85,300 → $99,300 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $814 (+37.3%)	$843 → $877 (+4.0%)

Canton

Population

13,68213,408

Median household income

$44,299$54,881

Median home value

$90,200$106,900

Median gross rent

$593$814

Farmington

Population

2,3741,990

Median household income

$51,750$64,313

Median home value

$85,300$99,300

Median gross rent

$843$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Farmington
Under 5	3.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.7%
75 and over	9.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Farmington
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Farmington
Drove alone	81.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Farmington
1-unit, detached	81.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Farmington
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1957	1951