Canton vs Lindsborg

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

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

Lindsborg has the higher population (3,773 vs 626 in Canton). Lindsborg has the higher median household income ($69,559 vs $64,141 in Canton). Lindsborg has the higher median home value ($178,200 vs $119,700 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Lindsborg
Population	626	3,773
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,141	$69,559
Median home value	$119,700	$178,200
Median gross rent	—	$942
Housing units	295	1,631
Homeownership rate	82.5%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Lindsborg
Population	627 → 626 (-0.2%)	3,301 → 3,773 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$54,412 → $64,141 (+17.9%)	$52,813 → $69,559 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $119,700 (+15.2%)	$154,300 → $178,200 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $765 (+13.3%)	$668 → $942 (+41.0%)

Canton

Population

627626

Median household income

$54,412$64,141

Median home value

$103,900$119,700

Median gross rent

$675$765

Lindsborg

Population

3,3013,773

Median household income

$52,813$69,559

Median home value

$154,300$178,200

Median gross rent

$668$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Lindsborg
Under 5	5.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	16.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.6%
75 and over	2.7%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Lindsborg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Lindsborg
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	47.5%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Lindsborg
Drove alone	82.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Lindsborg
1-unit, detached	92.5%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Lindsborg
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1952	1966