Canton vs Massillon

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

Canton and Massillon 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 32,177 in Massillon). Massillon has the higher median household income ($55,308 vs $39,754 in Canton). Massillon has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $94,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Massillon
Population	70,105	32,177
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,754	$55,308
Median home value	$94,400	$138,800
Median gross rent	$826	$846
Housing units	34,279	15,133
Homeownership rate	47.5%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Massillon
Population	71,243 → 70,105 (-1.6%)	32,415 → 32,177 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$32,287 → $39,754 (+23.1%)	$45,809 → $55,308 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $94,400 (+32.8%)	$102,100 → $138,800 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $826 (+23.1%)	$689 → $846 (+22.8%)

Canton

Population

71,24370,105

Median household income

$32,287$39,754

Median home value

$71,100$94,400

Median gross rent

$671$826

Massillon

Population

32,41532,177

Median household income

$45,809$55,308

Median home value

$102,100$138,800

Median gross rent

$689$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Massillon
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.8%
75 and over	6.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Massillon
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	24.3%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Massillon
No high school diploma	13.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Massillon
Drove alone	76.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	2.9%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.1%
Other means	2.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Massillon
1-unit, detached	68.4%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Massillon
Poverty rate	28.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1948	1956