Canton vs Ridgeland

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

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

Ridgeland has the higher population (24,548 vs 10,863 in Canton). Ridgeland has the higher median household income ($63,470 vs $34,812 in Canton). Ridgeland has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $111,800 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Ridgeland
Population	10,863	24,548
Median age	35.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,812	$63,470
Median home value	$111,800	$259,600
Median gross rent	$949	$1,204
Housing units	4,997	11,697
Homeownership rate	35.3%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Ridgeland
Population	12,222 → 10,863 (-11.1%)	24,269 → 24,548 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$33,634 → $34,812 (+3.5%)	$60,823 → $63,470 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $111,800 (-6.2%)	$186,500 → $259,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $949 (+22.1%)	$1,043 → $1,204 (+15.4%)

Canton

Population

12,22210,863

Median household income

$33,634$34,812

Median home value

$119,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$777$949

Ridgeland

Population

24,26924,548

Median household income

$60,823$63,470

Median home value

$186,500$259,600

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Ridgeland
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	43.4%
Black or African American	74.7%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	23.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Ridgeland
Drove alone	72.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.6%
Other means	3.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	58.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	27.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	33.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1974	1990