Canton vs Perry Heights

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

Canton and Perry Heights 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 8,672 in Perry Heights). Perry Heights has the higher median household income ($63,288 vs $39,754 in Canton). Perry Heights has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $94,400 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Perry Heights
Population	70,105	8,672
Median age	36.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,754	$63,288
Median home value	$94,400	$152,100
Median gross rent	$826	$922
Housing units	34,279	3,542
Homeownership rate	47.5%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Perry Heights
Population	71,243 → 70,105 (-1.6%)	8,575 → 8,672 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$32,287 → $39,754 (+23.1%)	$49,021 → $63,288 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $94,400 (+32.8%)	$104,200 → $152,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $826 (+23.1%)	$712 → $922 (+29.5%)

Canton

Population

71,24370,105

Median household income

$32,287$39,754

Median home value

$71,100$94,400

Median gross rent

$671$826

Perry Heights

Population

8,5758,672

Median household income

$49,021$63,288

Median home value

$104,200$152,100

Median gross rent

$712$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Perry Heights
Under 5	6.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	6.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Perry Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	24.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Perry Heights
No high school diploma	13.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.5%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Perry Heights
Drove alone	76.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.4%
Public transit	2.9%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.6%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Perry Heights
1-unit, detached	68.4%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Perry Heights
Poverty rate	28.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1948	1965