Canton vs Flora

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

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

Canton has the higher population (10,863 vs 2,399 in Flora). Flora has the higher median household income ($36,453 vs $34,812 in Canton). Flora has the higher median home value ($213,700 vs $111,800 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Flora
Population	10,863	2,399
Median age	35.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,812	$36,453
Median home value	$111,800	$213,700
Median gross rent	$949	$536
Housing units	4,997	1,179
Homeownership rate	35.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Flora
Population	12,222 → 10,863 (-11.1%)	1,832 → 2,399 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$33,634 → $34,812 (+3.5%)	$54,615 → $36,453 (-33.3%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $111,800 (-6.2%)	$148,900 → $213,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $949 (+22.1%)	$621 → $536 (-13.7%)

Canton

Population

12,22210,863

Median household income

$33,634$34,812

Median home value

$119,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$777$949

Flora

Population

1,8322,399

Median household income

$54,615$36,453

Median home value

$148,900$213,700

Median gross rent

$621$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Flora
Under 5	4.1%	17.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.0%
75 and over	6.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Flora
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	42.2%
Black or African American	74.7%	54.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Flora
No high school diploma	23.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Flora
Drove alone	72.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	8.3%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Flora
1-unit, detached	58.0%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Flora
Poverty rate	33.0%	29.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1974	1973