Canton vs Lewistown

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

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

Canton has the higher population (2,741 vs 436 in Lewistown). Lewistown has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $46,941 in Canton). Canton has the higher median home value ($115,100 vs $90,000 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Lewistown
Population	2,741	436
Median age	39.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,941	$53,500
Median home value	$115,100	$90,000
Median gross rent	$548	$673
Housing units	1,223	210
Homeownership rate	65.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Lewistown
Population	2,463 → 2,741 (+11.3%)	675 → 436 (-35.4%)
Median household income	$39,957 → $46,941 (+17.5%)	$43,214 → $53,500 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $115,100 (+36.9%)	$68,800 → $90,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $548 (-11.5%)	$587 → $673 (+14.7%)

Canton

Population

2,4632,741

Median household income

$39,957$46,941

Median home value

$84,100$115,100

Median gross rent

$619$548

Lewistown

Population

675436

Median household income

$43,214$53,500

Median home value

$68,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$587$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
Under 5	2.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	28.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	5.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.6%
75 and over	6.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	99.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Lewistown
No high school diploma	18.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.5%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
Drove alone	69.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	14.7%	16.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	67.6%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Lewistown
Poverty rate	15.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.27	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1965	1966