Canton vs Fountain

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

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

Fountain has the higher population (490 vs 409 in Canton). Fountain has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $50,556 in Canton). Fountain has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $88,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Fountain
Population	409	490
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,556	$72,750
Median home value	$88,400	$177,100
Median gross rent	$583	$575
Housing units	185	214
Homeownership rate	82.1%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Fountain
Population	387 → 409 (+5.7%)	345 → 490 (+42.0%)
Median household income	$51,500 → $50,556 (-1.8%)	$69,750 → $72,750 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $88,400 (+23.3%)	$129,900 → $177,100 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $583 (+3.9%)	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)

Canton

Population

387409

Median household income

$51,500$50,556

Median home value

$71,700$88,400

Median gross rent

$561$583

Fountain

Population

345490

Median household income

$69,750$72,750

Median home value

$129,900$177,100

Median gross rent

$620$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Fountain
Under 5	1.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	27.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	22.2%	21.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	1.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Fountain
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	2.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Fountain
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Fountain
Drove alone	68.6%	72.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	9.5%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Fountain
1-unit, detached	80.0%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Fountain
Poverty rate	19.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945