Canton vs Wills Point

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

Canton and Wills Point 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 3,848 in Wills Point). Wills Point has the higher median household income ($66,144 vs $48,858 in Canton). Canton has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $120,100 in Wills Point).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Wills Point
Population	4,411	3,848
Median age	40.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,858	$66,144
Median home value	$189,200	$120,100
Median gross rent	$985	$898
Housing units	2,132	1,511
Homeownership rate	66.7%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Wills Point
Population	3,805 → 4,411 (+15.9%)	3,577 → 3,848 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$52,979 → $48,858 (-7.8%)	$33,555 → $66,144 (+97.1%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $189,200 (+69.4%)	$87,200 → $120,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $985 (-6.4%)	$753 → $898 (+19.3%)

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

Wills Point

Population

3,5773,848

Median household income

$33,555$66,144

Median home value

$87,200$120,100

Median gross rent

$753$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canton	Wills Point
Under 5	6.0%	11.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.7%
75 and over	10.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Wills Point
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Wills Point
No high school diploma	12.8%	23.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Wills Point
Drove alone	83.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Wills Point
1-unit, detached	77.8%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Wills Point
Poverty rate	15.1%	24.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1978	1975