Canfield is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 7,491 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Canfield is the 241st largest community in Ohio.

Canfield is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.36% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Canfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Canfield who work in sales jobs (16.39%), management occupations (14.38%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.76%).

In addition, Canfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Canfield is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Canfield a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Canfield has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Canfield's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Canfield is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Canfield isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.35% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Canfield is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Canfield Information and Demographics

The citizens of Canfield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 40.75% of adults in Canfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Canfield in 2000 was $31,756, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,024 for a family of four.

The people who call Canfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Canfield is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Canfield include Italian, German, Irish, English, Slovak, Polish, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Canfield is English.