Canton vs Edgewood

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

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

Canton has the higher population (4,411 vs 1,869 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($77,778 vs $48,858 in Canton). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($195,200 vs $189,200 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Edgewood
Population	4,411	1,869
Median age	40.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,858	$77,778
Median home value	$189,200	$195,200
Median gross rent	$985	$993
Housing units	2,132	733
Homeownership rate	66.7%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Edgewood
Population	3,805 → 4,411 (+15.9%)	1,801 → 1,869 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,979 → $48,858 (-7.8%)	$49,148 → $77,778 (+58.3%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $189,200 (+69.4%)	$109,100 → $195,200 (+78.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $985 (-6.4%)	$877 → $993 (+13.2%)

Canton

Population

3,8054,411

Median household income

$52,979$48,858

Median home value

$111,700$189,200

Median gross rent

$1,052$985

Edgewood

Population

1,8011,869

Median household income

$49,148$77,778

Median home value

$109,100$195,200

Median gross rent

$877$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Edgewood
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	18.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	6.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.4%
75 and over	10.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	71.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Edgewood
No high school diploma	12.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Edgewood
Drove alone	83.0%	69.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	77.8%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Edgewood
Poverty rate	15.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1978	1974