Canton vs Gouverneur

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

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

Canton has the higher population (7,222 vs 3,623 in Gouverneur). Canton has the higher median household income ($62,438 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Canton has the higher median home value ($182,900 vs $107,500 in Gouverneur).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Gouverneur
Population	7,222	3,623
Median age	22.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,438	$35,464
Median home value	$182,900	$107,500
Median gross rent	$775	$842
Housing units	2,318	1,924
Homeownership rate	42.0%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Gouverneur
Population	6,505 → 7,222 (+11.0%)	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$62,266 → $62,438 (+0.3%)	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $182,900 (+8.0%)	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $775 (-5.4%)	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)

Canton

Population

6,5057,222

Median household income

$62,266$62,438

Median home value

$169,400$182,900

Median gross rent

$819$775

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Gouverneur
Under 5	3.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	5.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	47.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.0%
75 and over	5.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Gouverneur
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	87.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.5%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Gouverneur
No high school diploma	5.8%	15.1%
High school graduate	16.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Gouverneur
Drove alone	51.6%	85.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	27.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.2%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Gouverneur
1-unit, detached	44.6%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	25.5%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Gouverneur
Poverty rate	19.7%	28.4%
Average household size	1.67	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1972	1941