Alliance vs Canton

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

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

Canton has the higher population (70,105 vs 21,574 in Alliance). Alliance has the higher median household income ($54,608 vs $39,754 in Canton). Alliance has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $94,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Alliance	Canton
Population	21,574	70,105
Median age	37.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,608	$39,754
Median home value	$113,300	$94,400
Median gross rent	$798	$826
Housing units	9,272	34,279
Homeownership rate	48.6%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alliance	Canton
Population	21,842 → 21,574 (-1.2%)	71,243 → 70,105 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$35,718 → $54,608 (+52.9%)	$32,287 → $39,754 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $113,300 (+39.2%)	$71,100 → $94,400 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $798 (+13.2%)	$671 → $826 (+23.1%)

Alliance

Population

21,84221,574

Median household income

$35,718$54,608

Median home value

$81,400$113,300

Median gross rent

$705$798

Canton

Population

71,24370,105

Median household income

$32,287$39,754

Median home value

$71,100$94,400

Median gross rent

$671$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alliance	Canton
Under 5	6.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.5%
75 and over	6.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alliance	Canton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	60.1%
Black or African American	8.9%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alliance	Canton
No high school diploma	9.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alliance	Canton
Drove alone	74.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.1%
Public transit	1.2%	2.9%
Walked	4.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alliance	Canton
1-unit, detached	70.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Alliance	Canton
Poverty rate	24.1%	28.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1949	1948