Canton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 81,118 people and 34 constituent neighborhoods, Canton is the 9th largest community in Ohio.

Canton is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Canton is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Canton who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.50%), sales jobs (10.81%), and food service (7.47%).

One of the benefits of Canton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.77 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Canton Information and Demographics

In Canton, just 11.84% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Canton in 2000 was $15,544, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,176 for a family of four.

Canton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Canton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Canton is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Canton include German, Italian, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Canton is English.