Canton vs Lanesboro

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

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

Lanesboro has the higher population (804 vs 409 in Canton). Lanesboro has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $50,556 in Canton). Lanesboro has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $88,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Lanesboro
Population	409	804
Median age	39.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,556	$80,000
Median home value	$88,400	$186,900
Median gross rent	$583	$532
Housing units	185	467
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Lanesboro
Population	387 → 409 (+5.7%)	673 → 804 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$51,500 → $50,556 (-1.8%)	$57,500 → $80,000 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $88,400 (+23.3%)	$140,100 → $186,900 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $583 (+3.9%)	$525 → $532 (+1.3%)

Canton

Population

387409

Median household income

$51,500$50,556

Median home value

$71,700$88,400

Median gross rent

$561$583

Lanesboro

Population

673804

Median household income

$57,500$80,000

Median home value

$140,100$186,900

Median gross rent

$525$532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Lanesboro
Under 5	1.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	27.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	22.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	17.3%
75 and over	1.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Lanesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Lanesboro
No high school diploma	9.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	46.4%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Lanesboro
Drove alone	68.6%	68.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.5%	3.1%
Walked	0.9%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.7%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Lanesboro
1-unit, detached	80.0%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Lanesboro
Poverty rate	19.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1940