Canton vs Maggie Valley

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

Canton and Maggie Valley 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 2,311 in Maggie Valley). Maggie Valley has the higher median household income ($67,674 vs $64,034 in Canton). Maggie Valley has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $226,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Maggie Valley
Population	4,417	2,311
Median age	36.3 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,034	$67,674
Median home value	$226,400	$312,200
Median gross rent	$850	$1,087
Housing units	2,018	1,866
Homeownership rate	69.9%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Maggie Valley
Population	4,277 → 4,417 (+3.3%)	1,763 → 2,311 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $64,034 (+45.2%)	$46,350 → $67,674 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $226,400 (+57.3%)	$202,000 → $312,200 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	$1,024 → $1,087 (+6.2%)

Canton

Population

4,2774,417

Median household income

$44,107$64,034

Median home value

$143,900$226,400

Median gross rent

$683$850

Maggie Valley

Population

1,7632,311

Median household income

$46,350$67,674

Median home value

$202,000$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Maggie Valley
Under 5	6.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	21.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	17.4%
75 and over	6.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Maggie Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Maggie Valley
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Maggie Valley
Drove alone	85.7%	65.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	15.4%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Maggie Valley
1-unit, detached	77.3%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Maggie Valley
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1959	1996