Alliance vs North Canton

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

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

Alliance has the higher population (21,574 vs 17,746 in North Canton). North Canton has the higher median household income ($72,193 vs $54,608 in Alliance). North Canton has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $113,300 in Alliance).

Population, income & housing

	Alliance	North Canton
Population	21,574	17,746
Median age	37.5 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,608	$72,193
Median home value	$113,300	$194,200
Median gross rent	$798	$981
Housing units	9,272	8,552
Homeownership rate	48.6%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alliance	North Canton
Population	21,842 → 21,574 (-1.2%)	17,277 → 17,746 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$35,718 → $54,608 (+52.9%)	$62,128 → $72,193 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $113,300 (+39.2%)	$155,300 → $194,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $798 (+13.2%)	$840 → $981 (+16.8%)

Alliance

Population

21,84221,574

Median household income

$35,718$54,608

Median home value

$81,400$113,300

Median gross rent

$705$798

North Canton

Population

17,27717,746

Median household income

$62,128$72,193

Median home value

$155,300$194,200

Median gross rent

$840$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alliance	North Canton
Under 5	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.0%
75 and over	6.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alliance	North Canton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alliance	North Canton
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	46.4%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alliance	North Canton
Drove alone	74.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	4.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	17.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alliance	North Canton
1-unit, detached	70.8%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	16.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Alliance	North Canton
Poverty rate	24.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1949	1972