Canton vs Lake Junaluska

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

Canton and Lake Junaluska are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canton has the higher population (4,417 vs 2,903 in Lake Junaluska). Lake Junaluska has the higher median household income ($82,115 vs $64,034 in Canton). Lake Junaluska has the higher median home value ($329,600 vs $226,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
Population	4,417	2,903
Median age	36.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,034	$82,115
Median home value	$226,400	$329,600
Median gross rent	$850	$1,135
Housing units	2,018	1,912
Homeownership rate	69.9%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	51.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
Population	4,277 → 4,417 (+3.3%)	3,307 → 2,903 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $64,034 (+45.2%)	$65,899 → $82,115 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $226,400 (+57.3%)	$237,600 → $329,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	$802 → $1,135 (+41.5%)

Canton

Population

4,2774,417

Median household income

$44,107$64,034

Median home value

$143,900$226,400

Median gross rent

$683$850

Lake Junaluska

Population

3,3072,903

Median household income

$65,899$82,115

Median home value

$237,600$329,600

Median gross rent

$802$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
Under 5	6.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	21.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.1%
75 and over	6.7%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.5%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
Drove alone	85.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	13.2%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
1-unit, detached	77.3%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Lake Junaluska
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1959	1974