Canton vs Lewistown

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

Canton and Lewistown 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 1,828 in Lewistown). Canton has the higher median household income ($54,881 vs $49,022 in Lewistown). Canton has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $84,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Lewistown
Population	13,408	1,828
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,881	$49,022
Median home value	$106,900	$84,600
Median gross rent	$814	$683
Housing units	6,214	1,042
Homeownership rate	70.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Lewistown
Population	13,682 → 13,408 (-2.0%)	2,316 → 1,828 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$44,299 → $54,881 (+23.9%)	$52,096 → $49,022 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $106,900 (+18.5%)	$81,600 → $84,600 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $814 (+37.3%)	$570 → $683 (+19.8%)

Canton

Population

13,68213,408

Median household income

$44,299$54,881

Median home value

$90,200$106,900

Median gross rent

$593$814

Lewistown

Population

2,3161,828

Median household income

$52,096$49,022

Median home value

$81,600$84,600

Median gross rent

$570$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
Under 5	3.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	22.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.7%
75 and over	9.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Lewistown
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
Drove alone	81.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	16.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	81.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Lewistown
Poverty rate	14.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.09	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1957	1962