Canton, MI (Michigan) Houses and Residents

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Canton Apartments for Rent

(Urban population: 75,247, Rural population: 1,063 (all nonfarm))

Canton, Michigan Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 28,426 (27,482 occupied: 21,760 owner occupied, 5,722 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	21%
State:	26%

Housing density: 790 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $99,998.

Median contract rent in 2007: $758 (lower quartile is $611, upper quartile is $1,084)

Housing units in Canton with a mortgage: 16,623 (1,234 second mortgage, 2,898 home equity loan, 46 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,135

Canton,MI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $240,400 (it was $186,800 in 2000)

Canton:	$240,400
Michigan:	$153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $195,700 - $322,500

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $296,129
Here: $296,129
State: $200,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $213,669
Here: $213,669
State: $181,134

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $193,098
Here: $193,098
State: $151,605

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $220,938
Here: $220,938
State: $149,899

Mobile homes: $20,251
Here: $20,251
State: $39,606

Median year house/condo built: 1990

Median year apartment built: 1982

Household type by relationship

Households: 76,224

In family households: 67,832 (17,188 male householders, 3,433 female householders)
17,587 spouses, 26,763 children (24,916 natural, 639 adopted, 1,208 stepchildren), 513 grandchildren, 349 brothers or sisters, 514 parents, 675 other relatives, 810 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 8,392 (3,467 male householders (2,703 living alone)), 3,377 female householders (2,906 living alone)), 1,548 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 86 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,937 2-persons, 5,027 3-persons, 5,487 4-persons, 2,226 5-persons, 751 6-persons, 193 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,609 1-person, 1,048 2-persons, 116 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 18 5-persons.

18,405 married couples with children.
2,910 single-parent households (588 men, 2,322 women).

86.5% of residents of Canton speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 8,127 (10.6%)
(46.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.8
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Canton, Michigan:
	1 room: 15 2 rooms: 110 3 rooms: 379 4 rooms: 1,654 5 rooms: 2,830 6 rooms: 4,431 7 rooms: 4,287 8 rooms: 4,025 9 or more rooms: 4,029

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Canton, Michigan:
	1 room: 220 2 rooms: 710 3 rooms: 1,267 4 rooms: 1,675 5 rooms: 1,111 6 rooms: 481 7 rooms: 121 8 rooms: 80 9 or more rooms: 57

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,656
1995 to 1998: 4,569
1990 to 1994: 3,017
1980 to 1989: 4,427
1970 to 1979: 11,689
1960 to 1969: 1,672
1950 to 1959: 770
1940 to 1949: 315
1939 or earlier: 311

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Canton:
	no bedroom: 54 1 bedroom: 270 2 bedrooms: 3,339 3 bedrooms: 9,337 4 bedrooms: 8,410 5 or more bedrooms: 350

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Canton:
	no bedroom: 273 1 bedroom: 2,018 2 bedrooms: 2,529 3 bedrooms: 745 4 bedrooms: 157 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Canton in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 480 1 vehicle: 4,486 2 vehicles: 11,542 3 vehicles: 3,774 4 vehicles: 1,110 5 or more vehicles: 368

Cars and other vehicles available in Canton in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 455 1 vehicle: 2,928 2 vehicles: 2,059 3 vehicles: 226 4 vehicles: 47 5 or more vehicles: 7

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Canton, MI:

Less than $10,000: 434
$10,000 to $14,999: 354
$15,000 to $19,999: 505
$20,000 to $24,999: 298
$25,000 to $29,999: 197
$30,000 to $34,999: 140
$35,000 to $39,999: 108
$40,000 to $49,999: 177
$50,000 to $59,999: 142
$60,000 to $69,999: 134
$70,000 to $79,999: 112
$80,000 to $89,999: 70
$90,000 to $99,999: 79
$100,000 to $124,999: 452
$125,000 to $149,999: 913
$150,000 to $174,999: 1242
$175,000 to $199,999: 1892
$200,000 to $249,999: 6705
$250,000 to $299,999: 3867
$300,000 to $399,999: 4481
$400,000 to $499,999: 1844
$500,000 to $749,999: 802
$750,000 to $999,999: 36
$1,000,000 or more: 52

Canton rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Canton:

Less than $100: 136 people
$100 to $149: 71
$150 to $199: 77
$200 to $249: 81
$250 to $299: 74
$300 to $349: 81
$350 to $399: 131
$400 to $449: 167
$450 to $499: 205
$500 to $549: 332
$550 to $599: 287
$600 to $649: 334
$650 to $699: 498
$700 to $749: 641
$750 to $799: 618
$800 to $899: 1,028
$900 to $999: 401
$1,000 to $1,249: 757
$1,250 to $1,499: 172
$1,500 to $1,999: 210
$2,000 or more: 141
No cash rent: 125

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,146 1990 to 1994: 1,691 1985 to 1989: 1,144 1980 to 1984: 636 1975 to 1979: 592 1970 to 1974: 644 1970 to 1974: 411 1965 to 1969: 863

Canton, MI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 71.8%
Number of people working at home: 873 (2.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 643
5 to 9 minutes: 2891
10 to 14 minutes: 4448
15 to 19 minutes: 5128
20 to 24 minutes: 6032
25 to 29 minutes: 3588
30 to 34 minutes: 7144
35 to 39 minutes: 2005
40 to 44 minutes: 2090
45 to 59 minutes: 3269
60 to 89 minutes: 1340
90 or more minutes: 479

Canton mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 35,828 (90%)
Carpooled: 2,782 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 92 (0%)
Railroad: 5 (0%)
Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
Taxi: 13 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 28 (0%)
Walked: 207 (1%)
Other means: 86 (0%)
Worked at home: 873 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 738
$10,000 to $14,999: 664
$15,000 to $19,999: 861
$20,000 to $24,999: 1001
$25,000 to $29,999: 1054
$30,000 to $34,999: 990
$35,000 to $39,999: 1144
$40,000 to $44,999: 1038
$45,000 to $49,999: 1024
$50,000 to $59,999: 2068
$60,000 to $74,999: 3586
$75,000 to $99,999: 5327
$100,000 to $124,999: 3955
$125,000 to $149,999: 1890
$150,000 to $199,999: 1493
$200,000 or more: 632

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 12463

German: 10396

Polish: 7613

Irish: 6490

English: 4899

Italian: 4652

United States or American: 2759

French (except Basque): 2097

Scottish: 1671

Arab:: 1218

French Canadian: 1003

Scotch-Irish: 983

Dutch: 793

Hungarian: 793

Swedish: 639

Norwegian: 627

Finnish: 553

European: 513

Canadian: 509

Ukrainian: 506

Lebanese: 475

Maltese: 449

Greek: 423

Russian: 339

British: 319

Arab/Arabic: 279

Armenian: 265

Welsh: 264

Romanian: 252

Danish: 245

Austrian: 222

Macedonian: 202

Lithuanian: 190

Subsaharan African:: 185

Czech: 180

Belgian: 171

Palestinian: 170

Slovak: 133

Czechoslovakian: 127

Albanian: 121

Yugoslavian: 120

Other Arab: 118

Syrian: 109

Swiss: 106

Croatian: 88

African: 78

Northern European: 70

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 67

Slavic: 63

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 55

Serbian: 55

Iranian: 48

Portuguese: 46

Jamaican: 44

Slovene: 41

Latvian: 37

Ethiopian: 37

Nigerian: 31

Iraqi: 29

Ghanian: 27

Pennsylvania German: 26

Cypriot: 26

Turkish: 24

Scandinavian: 23

Egyptian: 20

Kenyan: 12

Moroccan: 11

Bulgarian: 10

Haitian: 9

Israeli: 7

Jordanian: 7

Celtic: 7

Brazilian: 7

German Russian: 6

Bahamian: 5

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 5

Bermudan: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

India (29%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
Canada (9%)
Philippines (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Pakistan (4%)
Mexico (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 52104
Northeast: 3424
Midwest: 6464
South: 4354
West: 1372

50% of Canton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Michigan.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 143
Nursery to 4th grade: 47
5th and 6th grade: 79
7th and 8th grade: 170
9th grade: 219
10th grade: 382
11th grade: 258
12th grade, no diploma: 370
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,906
Less than 1 year of college: 1,655
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,080
Associate degree: 1,657
Bachelor's degree: 6,313
Master's degree: 3,401
Professional school degree: 456
Doctorate degree: 383

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 169
Nursery to 4th grade: 35
5th and 6th grade: 118
7th and 8th grade: 181
9th grade: 208
10th grade: 479
11th grade: 502
12th grade, no diploma: 497
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,926
Less than 1 year of college: 2,146
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,915
Associate degree: 1,987
Bachelor's degree: 5,544
Master's degree: 2,422
Professional school degree: 277
Doctorate degree: 147

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 12.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 2.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 1.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $80,787
Black householders: $49,347
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $48,220
Asian householders: $84,038
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $130,677
Some other race householders: $74,058
Two or more races householders: $58,076
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $93,017

Canton household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Canton household income for Black householders

Canton household income for Asian householders

Canton household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Canton marital status for males

Canton marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $246,577
Black or African American householders: $323,407
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $209,127
Asian householders: $302,301
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $109,389
Some other race householders: $255,071
Two or more races householders: $214,532
Hispanic or Latino householders: $247,349

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 17,966
One, attached: 2,456
Two: 140
3 or 4: 714
5 to 9: 2,614
10 to 19: 1,256
20 to 49: 402
50 or more: 519
Mobile homes: 2,353
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Canton:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (97%) Electricity (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (83%) Electricity (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,393

Here:	14.2%
Michigan:	11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 518

Here:	11.3%
Michigan:	8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 671

Here:	16.9%
Michigan:	16.5%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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