Canton vs Kearney Park

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

Canton and Kearney Park 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 703 in Kearney Park). Kearney Park has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $111,800 in Canton). Since 2019, Canton's population has grown faster (-11.1% vs -60.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Kearney Park
Population	10,863	703
Median age	35.0 yrs	16.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,812	—
Median home value	$111,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$949	$1,095
Housing units	4,997	141
Homeownership rate	35.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Kearney Park
Population	12,222 → 10,863 (-11.1%)	1,776 → 703 (-60.4%)
Median household income	$33,634 → $34,812 (+3.5%)	$53,438 → $58,356 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $111,800 (-6.2%)	$85,800 → $137,500 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $949 (+22.1%)	$1,016 → $1,095 (+7.8%)

Canton

Population

12,22210,863

Median household income

$33,634$34,812

Median home value

$119,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$777$949

Kearney Park

Population

1,776703

Median household income

$53,438$58,356

Median home value

$85,800$137,500

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Kearney Park
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	56.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	1.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	1.4%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Kearney Park
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	17.9%
Black or African American	74.7%	82.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Kearney Park
No high school diploma	23.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Kearney Park
Drove alone	72.2%	63.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	37.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Kearney Park
1-unit, detached	58.0%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Kearney Park
Poverty rate	33.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.21	4.99
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1974	1985