Canton vs Geary

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

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

Geary has the higher population (861 vs 503 in Canton). Canton has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $42,813 in Geary). Canton has the higher median home value ($69,700 vs $62,100 in Geary).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Geary
Population	503	861
Median age	27.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$42,813
Median home value	$69,700	$62,100
Median gross rent	$773	$963
Housing units	268	491
Homeownership rate	72.8%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Geary
Population	432 → 503 (+16.4%)	1,218 → 861 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,818 (+29.7%)	$37,679 → $42,813 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $69,700 (+16.9%)	$60,700 → $62,100 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $773 (+25.1%)	$546 → $963 (+76.4%)

Canton

Population

432503

Median household income

$47,679$61,818

Median home value

$59,600$69,700

Median gross rent

$618$773

Geary

Population

1,218861

Median household income

$37,679$42,813

Median home value

$60,700$62,100

Median gross rent

$546$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Geary
Under 5	12.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Geary
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	17.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Geary
No high school diploma	15.7%	17.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Geary
Drove alone	86.9%	77.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Geary
1-unit, detached	90.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Geary
Poverty rate	6.2%	34.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1959	1962