Canton vs Towanda

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

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

Towanda has the higher population (2,796 vs 1,717 in Canton). Towanda has the higher median household income ($57,185 vs $41,629 in Canton). Towanda has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $120,900 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Towanda
Population	1,717	2,796
Median age	36.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,629	$57,185
Median home value	$120,900	$166,100
Median gross rent	$674	$1,008
Housing units	795	1,562
Homeownership rate	44.7%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Towanda
Population	1,790 → 1,717 (-4.1%)	2,842 → 2,796 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$41,083 → $41,629 (+1.3%)	$40,625 → $57,185 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $120,900 (+8.2%)	$130,000 → $166,100 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $674 (+12.7%)	$800 → $1,008 (+26.0%)

Canton

Population

1,7901,717

Median household income

$41,083$41,629

Median home value

$111,700$120,900

Median gross rent

$598$674

Towanda

Population

2,8422,796

Median household income

$40,625$57,185

Median home value

$130,000$166,100

Median gross rent

$800$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Towanda
Under 5	8.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	21.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	17.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.0%
75 and over	10.5%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Towanda
No high school diploma	11.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	54.9%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Towanda
Drove alone	79.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Towanda
1-unit, detached	44.5%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	32.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	11.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Towanda
Poverty rate	23.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1944	1938