Canton vs North Towanda

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

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

Canton has the higher population (1,717 vs 576 in North Towanda). Canton has the higher median household income ($41,629 vs $22,721 in North Towanda). North Towanda has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $120,900 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	North Towanda
Population	1,717	576
Median age	36.2 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,629	$22,721
Median home value	$120,900	$170,000
Median gross rent	$674	$583
Housing units	795	383
Homeownership rate	44.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	North Towanda
Population	1,790 → 1,717 (-4.1%)	—
Median household income	$41,083 → $41,629 (+1.3%)	—
Median home value	$111,700 → $120,900 (+8.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$598 → $674 (+12.7%)	—

Canton

Population

1,7901,717

Median household income

$41,083$41,629

Median home value

$111,700$120,900

Median gross rent

$598$674

North Towanda

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	North Towanda
Under 5	8.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	20.7%
75 and over	10.5%	27.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	North Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	North Towanda
No high school diploma	11.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	54.9%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	North Towanda
Drove alone	79.4%	91.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	1.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	North Towanda
1-unit, detached	44.5%	27.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	32.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	11.7%	52.5%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	North Towanda
Poverty rate	23.9%	34.2%
Average household size	2.30	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1944	1980