Canton vs Wyalusing

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

Canton and Wyalusing 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 651 in Wyalusing). Wyalusing has the higher median household income ($44,091 vs $41,629 in Canton). Wyalusing has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $120,900 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Wyalusing
Population	1,717	651
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,629	$44,091
Median home value	$120,900	$133,300
Median gross rent	$674	$866
Housing units	795	348
Homeownership rate	44.7%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Wyalusing
Population	1,790 → 1,717 (-4.1%)	629 → 651 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$41,083 → $41,629 (+1.3%)	$52,679 → $44,091 (-16.3%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $120,900 (+8.2%)	$118,000 → $133,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $674 (+12.7%)	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)

Canton

Population

1,7901,717

Median household income

$41,083$41,629

Median home value

$111,700$120,900

Median gross rent

$598$674

Wyalusing

Population

629651

Median household income

$52,679$44,091

Median home value

$118,000$133,300

Median gross rent

$716$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Wyalusing
Under 5	8.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.3%
75 and over	10.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Wyalusing
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	96.3%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Wyalusing
No high school diploma	11.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	54.9%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Wyalusing
Drove alone	79.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Wyalusing
1-unit, detached	44.5%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.3%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	11.7%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Wyalusing
Poverty rate	23.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1944	1955