Massillon vs North Canton

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

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

Massillon has the higher population (32,177 vs 17,746 in North Canton). North Canton has the higher median household income ($72,193 vs $55,308 in Massillon). North Canton has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $138,800 in Massillon).

Population, income & housing

	Massillon	North Canton
Population	32,177	17,746
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,308	$72,193
Median home value	$138,800	$194,200
Median gross rent	$846	$981
Housing units	15,133	8,552
Homeownership rate	64.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massillon	North Canton
Population	32,415 → 32,177 (-0.7%)	17,277 → 17,746 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$45,809 → $55,308 (+20.7%)	$62,128 → $72,193 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$102,100 → $138,800 (+35.9%)	$155,300 → $194,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $846 (+22.8%)	$840 → $981 (+16.8%)

Massillon

Population

32,41532,177

Median household income

$45,809$55,308

Median home value

$102,100$138,800

Median gross rent

$689$846

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)

	Massillon	North Canton
Under 5	6.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.0%
75 and over	7.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massillon	North Canton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	8.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massillon	North Canton
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massillon	North Canton
Drove alone	79.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	17.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massillon	North Canton
1-unit, detached	72.5%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	16.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Massillon	North Canton
Poverty rate	14.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1956	1972