Canton vs South Waverly

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

Canton and South Waverly 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 1,125 in South Waverly). South Waverly has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $41,629 in Canton). South Waverly has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $120,900 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	South Waverly
Population	1,717	1,125
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,629	$83,750
Median home value	$120,900	$158,200
Median gross rent	$674	$1,005
Housing units	795	450
Homeownership rate	44.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	South Waverly
Population	1,790 → 1,717 (-4.1%)	1,026 → 1,125 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$41,083 → $41,629 (+1.3%)	$66,406 → $83,750 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $120,900 (+8.2%)	$120,300 → $158,200 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $674 (+12.7%)	$622 → $1,005 (+61.6%)

Canton

Population

1,7901,717

Median household income

$41,083$41,629

Median home value

$111,700$120,900

Median gross rent

$598$674

South Waverly

Population

1,0261,125

Median household income

$66,406$83,750

Median home value

$120,300$158,200

Median gross rent

$622$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	South Waverly
Under 5	8.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.4%
75 and over	10.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	South Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	South Waverly
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	54.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	South Waverly
Drove alone	79.4%	89.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	South Waverly
1-unit, detached	44.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Canton	South Waverly
Poverty rate	23.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1944	1956