Canton vs Louisville

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

Canton and Louisville 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 9,560 in Louisville). Louisville has the higher median household income ($58,269 vs $39,754 in Canton). Louisville has the higher median home value ($192,700 vs $94,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Louisville
Population	70,105	9,560
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,754	$58,269
Median home value	$94,400	$192,700
Median gross rent	$826	$842
Housing units	34,279	4,414
Homeownership rate	47.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Louisville
Population	71,243 → 70,105 (-1.6%)	9,340 → 9,560 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$32,287 → $39,754 (+23.1%)	$60,180 → $58,269 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $94,400 (+32.8%)	$151,100 → $192,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $826 (+23.1%)	$736 → $842 (+14.4%)

Canton

Population

71,24370,105

Median household income

$32,287$39,754

Median home value

$71,100$94,400

Median gross rent

$671$826

Louisville

Population

9,3409,560

Median household income

$60,180$58,269

Median home value

$151,100$192,700

Median gross rent

$736$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Louisville
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.1%
75 and over	6.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Louisville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	24.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Louisville
No high school diploma	13.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	37.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Louisville
Drove alone	76.9%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.1%
Public transit	2.9%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Louisville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Louisville
Poverty rate	28.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1948	1974