Canton vs Windom

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

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

Canton has the higher population (626 vs 52 in Windom). Canton has the higher median household income ($64,141 vs $42,083 in Windom). Since 2019, Canton's population has grown faster (-0.2% vs -41.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Windom
Population	626	52
Median age	34.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,141	$42,083
Median home value	$119,700	—
Housing units	295	42
Homeownership rate	82.5%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Windom
Population	627 → 626 (-0.2%)	89 → 52 (-41.6%)
Median household income	$54,412 → $64,141 (+17.9%)	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $119,700 (+15.2%)	$35,800 → $26,300 (-26.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $765 (+13.3%)	—

Canton

Population

627626

Median household income

$54,412$64,141

Median home value

$103,900$119,700

Median gross rent

$675$765

Windom

Population

8952

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$35,800$26,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Windom
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	25.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	21.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	23.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.8%
75 and over	2.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Windom
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Windom
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	47.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Windom
Drove alone	82.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	23.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Windom
1-unit, detached	92.5%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Windom
Poverty rate	8.5%	17.3%
Average household size	2.44	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1952	1938