Canton vs Watonga

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

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

Watonga has the higher population (2,633 vs 503 in Canton). Canton has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $50,765 in Watonga). Watonga has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $69,700 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Watonga
Population	503	2,633
Median age	27.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$50,765
Median home value	$69,700	$101,900
Median gross rent	$773	$831
Housing units	268	1,073
Homeownership rate	72.8%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Watonga
Population	432 → 503 (+16.4%)	2,881 → 2,633 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,818 (+29.7%)	$42,771 → $50,765 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $69,700 (+16.9%)	$81,900 → $101,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $773 (+25.1%)	$560 → $831 (+48.4%)

Canton

Population

432503

Median household income

$47,679$61,818

Median home value

$59,600$69,700

Median gross rent

$618$773

Watonga

Population

2,8812,633

Median household income

$42,771$50,765

Median home value

$81,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$560$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Watonga
Under 5	12.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.3%
75 and over	5.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Watonga
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	51.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	9.0%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Watonga
No high school diploma	15.7%	19.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Watonga
Drove alone	86.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Watonga
1-unit, detached	90.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Watonga
Poverty rate	6.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1959	1966