Canton vs North Canton

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

Canton and North 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 17,746 in North Canton). North Canton has the higher median household income ($72,193 vs $39,754 in Canton). North Canton has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $94,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	North Canton
Population	70,105	17,746
Median age	36.1 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,754	$72,193
Median home value	$94,400	$194,200
Median gross rent	$826	$981
Housing units	34,279	8,552
Homeownership rate	47.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	North Canton
Population	71,243 → 70,105 (-1.6%)	17,277 → 17,746 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$32,287 → $39,754 (+23.1%)	$62,128 → $72,193 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $94,400 (+32.8%)	$155,300 → $194,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $826 (+23.1%)	$840 → $981 (+16.8%)

Canton

Population

71,24370,105

Median household income

$32,287$39,754

Median home value

$71,100$94,400

Median gross rent

$671$826

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)

	Canton	North Canton
Under 5	6.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.0%
75 and over	6.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	North Canton
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	24.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	North Canton
No high school diploma	13.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	North Canton
Drove alone	76.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	2.9%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	North Canton
1-unit, detached	68.4%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	16.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	North Canton
Poverty rate	28.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1948	1972