Canton vs Shindler

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

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

Canton has the higher population (3,060 vs 651 in Shindler). Shindler has the higher median household income ($142,875 vs $65,500 in Canton). Shindler has the higher median home value ($567,300 vs $191,000 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Shindler
Population	3,060	651
Median age	43.1 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,500	$142,875
Median home value	$191,000	$567,300
Median gross rent	$693	—
Housing units	1,551	177
Homeownership rate	68.1%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Shindler
Population	3,447 → 3,060 (-11.2%)	762 → 651 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$62,045 → $65,500 (+5.6%)	$96,302 → $142,875 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $191,000 (+47.7%)	$394,300 → $567,300 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $693 (+7.6%)	—

Canton

Population

3,4473,060

Median household income

$62,045$65,500

Median home value

$129,300$191,000

Median gross rent

$644$693

Shindler

Population

762651

Median household income

$96,302$142,875

Median home value

$394,300$567,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Shindler
Under 5	4.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	15.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.5%
75 and over	14.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Shindler
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	4.1%
Asian	0.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Shindler
No high school diploma	9.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	43.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Shindler
Drove alone	74.9%	96.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	2.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Shindler
1-unit, detached	78.6%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Shindler
Poverty rate	6.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1965	1999