Canton vs Marquette

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

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

Marquette has the higher population (637 vs 626 in Canton). Canton has the higher median household income ($64,141 vs $59,400 in Marquette). Canton has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $87,100 in Marquette).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Marquette
Population	626	637
Median age	34.6 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,141	$59,400
Median home value	$119,700	$87,100
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	295	340
Homeownership rate	82.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Marquette
Population	627 → 626 (-0.2%)	801 → 637 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$54,412 → $64,141 (+17.9%)	$50,500 → $59,400 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $119,700 (+15.2%)	$85,600 → $87,100 (+1.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $765 (+13.3%)	$669 → $733 (+9.6%)

Canton

Population

627626

Median household income

$54,412$64,141

Median home value

$103,900$119,700

Median gross rent

$675$765

Marquette

Population

801637

Median household income

$50,500$59,400

Median home value

$85,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$669$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Marquette
Under 5	5.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	25.1%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	24.2%
75 and over	2.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Marquette
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Marquette
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	47.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Marquette
Drove alone	82.8%	92.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Marquette
1-unit, detached	92.5%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Marquette
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1952	1938