Canton vs Sayre

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

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

Sayre has the higher population (5,444 vs 1,717 in Canton). Sayre has the higher median household income ($55,393 vs $41,629 in Canton). Sayre has the higher median home value ($166,000 vs $120,900 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Sayre
Population	1,717	5,444
Median age	36.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,629	$55,393
Median home value	$120,900	$166,000
Median gross rent	$674	$976
Housing units	795	2,845
Homeownership rate	44.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Sayre
Population	1,790 → 1,717 (-4.1%)	5,450 → 5,444 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$41,083 → $41,629 (+1.3%)	$42,557 → $55,393 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $120,900 (+8.2%)	$131,400 → $166,000 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $674 (+12.7%)	$736 → $976 (+32.6%)

Canton

Population

1,7901,717

Median household income

$41,083$41,629

Median home value

$111,700$120,900

Median gross rent

$598$674

Sayre

Population

5,4505,444

Median household income

$42,557$55,393

Median home value

$131,400$166,000

Median gross rent

$736$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Sayre
Under 5	8.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.9%
75 and over	10.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Sayre
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Sayre
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	54.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Sayre
Drove alone	79.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.2%
Other means	2.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Sayre
1-unit, detached	44.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	32.3%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	11.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Sayre
Poverty rate	23.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1944	1938