Canton, OH (Ohio) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 81,118 (All urban)

Canton, Ohio Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 35,477 (32,530 occupied: 19,375 owner occupied, 13,155 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	40%
State:	31%

Housing density: 1727 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $79,700 (lower quartile is $60,000, upper quartile is $106,400)

Median contract rent in 2005: $411 (lower quartile is $242, upper quartile is $502)

Housing units in Canton with a mortgage: 11,987 (1,401 second mortgage, 1,450 home equity loan, 45 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,432

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1952

Household type by relationship

Households: 78,085

In family households: 63,086 (12,615 male householders, 7,280 female householders)
12,646 spouses, 24,213 children (22,040 natural, 683 adopted, 1,490 stepchildren), 1,967 grandchildren, 665 brothers or sisters, 426 parents, 1,021 other relatives, 2,253 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 14,999 (5,254 male householders (4,257 living alone)), 7,415 female householders (6,504 living alone)), 2,330 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,033 (1,634 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,260 2-persons, 4,886 3-persons, 3,728 4-persons, 1,868 5-persons, 705 6-persons, 448 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,761 1-person, 1,615 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

9,745 married couples with children.
8,729 single-parent households (1,332 men, 7,397 women).

95.3% of residents of Canton speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 1,352 (1.7%)
(58.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.3

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Canton, Ohio:

1 room: 19
2 rooms: 36
3 rooms: 239
4 rooms: 1,145
5 rooms: 4,032
6 rooms: 6,668
7 rooms: 3,488
8 rooms: 2,054
9 or more rooms: 1,694

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Canton, Ohio:

1 room: 283
2 rooms: 811
3 rooms: 2,711
4 rooms: 2,708
5 rooms: 3,072
6 rooms: 2,065
7 rooms: 969
8 rooms: 321
9 or more rooms: 215

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 126
1995 to 1998: 392
1990 to 1994: 328
1980 to 1989: 1,215
1970 to 1979: 3,014
1960 to 1969: 3,881
1950 to 1959: 5,835
1940 to 1949: 5,471
1939 or earlier: 15,215

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Canton:

no bedroom: 28
1 bedroom: 436
2 bedrooms: 4,132
3 bedrooms: 11,369
4 bedrooms: 2,863
5 or more bedrooms: 547

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Canton:

no bedroom: 427
1 bedroom: 4,172
2 bedrooms: 4,677
3 bedrooms: 3,098
4 bedrooms: 681
5 or more bedrooms: 100

Cars and other vehicles available in Canton in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 1,328
1 vehicle: 6,627
2 vehicles: 8,048
3 vehicles: 2,583
4 vehicles: 589
5 or more vehicles: 200

Cars and other vehicles available in Canton in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 3,696
1 vehicle: 6,267
2 vehicles: 2,491
3 vehicles: 534
4 vehicles: 138
5 or more vehicles: 29

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Canton, OH:

Less than $10,000: 170
$10,000 to $14,999: 237
$15,000 to $19,999: 232
$20,000 to $24,999: 356
$25,000 to $29,999: 464
$30,000 to $34,999: 546
$35,000 to $39,999: 832
$40,000 to $49,999: 2204
$50,000 to $59,999: 2560
$60,000 to $69,999: 2554
$70,000 to $79,999: 2350
$80,000 to $89,999: 1760
$90,000 to $99,999: 1110
$100,000 to $124,999: 1278
$125,000 to $149,999: 845
$150,000 to $174,999: 409
$175,000 to $199,999: 134
$200,000 to $249,999: 183
$250,000 to $299,999: 103
$300,000 to $399,999: 71
$400,000 to $499,999: 9
$500,000 to $749,999: 0
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 12

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Canton:

Less than $100: 1054
$100 to $149: 742
$150 to $199: 761
$200 to $249: 679
$250 to $299: 1106
$300 to $349: 1862
$350 to $399: 2089
$400 to $449: 1588
$450 to $499: 1072
$500 to $549: 666
$550 to $599: 371
$600 to $649: 245
$650 to $699: 70
$700 to $749: 38
$750 to $799: 33
$800 to $899: 76
$900 to $999: 15
$1,000 to $1,249: 0
$1,250 to $1,499: 67
$1,500 to $1,999: 0
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 595

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 296
1990 to 1994: 160
1985 to 1989: 81
1980 to 1984: 156
1975 to 1979: 54
1970 to 1974: 151
1970 to 1974: 68
1965 to 1969: 386

Canton, OH Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 87.7%
Number of people working at home: 484 (1.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1260
5 to 9 minutes: 4889
10 to 14 minutes: 8386
15 to 19 minutes: 6800
20 to 24 minutes: 4850
25 to 29 minutes: 1389
30 to 34 minutes: 2301
35 to 39 minutes: 432
40 to 44 minutes: 510
45 to 59 minutes: 1068
60 to 89 minutes: 860
90 or more minutes: 436

Canton mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 26,950 (80%)
Carpooled: 3,959 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 863 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 25 (0%)
Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
Bicycle: 82 (0%)
Walked: 1,077 (3%)
Other means: 200 (1%)
Worked at home: 484 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5279
$10,000 to $14,999: 3170
$15,000 to $19,999: 2820
$20,000 to $24,999: 3034
$25,000 to $29,999: 2559
$30,000 to $34,999: 2465
$35,000 to $39,999: 2167
$40,000 to $44,999: 1900
$45,000 to $49,999: 1637
$50,000 to $59,999: 2394
$60,000 to $74,999: 2231
$75,000 to $99,999: 1579
$100,000 to $124,999: 656
$125,000 to $149,999: 249
$150,000 to $199,999: 214
$200,000 or more: 210

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 18326
German: 12433
Italian: 6060
Irish: 5228
United States or American: 5158
English: 3418
French (except Basque): 1168
Greek: 958
Subsaharan African:: 920
Polish: 898
African: 856
Scotch-Irish: 808
Hungarian: 787
Scottish: 690
Dutch: 575
Welsh: 510
Slovak: 507
Arab:: 433
Swiss: 410
Romanian: 374
Russian: 326
Syrian: 262
European: 216
British: 214
Swedish: 200
Czech: 182
Croatian: 180
Ukrainian: 177
Pennsylvania German: 177
Lebanese: 143
Austrian: 138
Serbian: 114
Portuguese: 104
Norwegian: 99
Czechoslovakian: 84
Brazilian: 79
French Canadian: 78
Yugoslavian: 73
Danish: 71
Slovene: 64
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 59
Jamaican: 54
Finnish: 50
Lithuanian: 43
Arab/Arabic: 28
Macedonian: 28
Belgian: 18
Slavic: 17
Canadian: 17
Other Subsaharan African: 17
Cape Verdean: 15
Icelander: 14
Nigerian: 13
Scandinavian: 12
Alsatian: 11
Bulgarian: 10
Kenyan: 10
South African: 9
Eastern European: 8
Acadian/Cajun: 8
Celtic: 7
Northern European: 7
Latvian: 6
German Russian: 5
Albanian: 5
West Indian: 5

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

Romania (11%)
Greece (9%)
Mexico (8%)
Brazil (6%)
Philippines (5%)
Germany (5%)
United Kingdom (5%)

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

This state: 65152
Northeast: 3571
Midwest: 1908
South: 7817
West: 1009

57% of Canton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Ohio.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 211
Nursery to 4th grade: 96
5th and 6th grade: 212
7th and 8th grade: 916
9th grade: 834
10th grade: 1,095
11th grade: 1,346
12th grade, no diploma: 1,152
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,266
Less than 1 year of college: 1,346
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,969
Associate degree: 769
Bachelor's degree: 2,027
Master's degree: 700
Professional school degree: 287
Doctorate degree: 106

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 229
Nursery to 4th grade: 87
5th and 6th grade: 263
7th and 8th grade: 1,127
9th grade: 1,282
10th grade: 1,297
11th grade: 1,520
12th grade, no diploma: 1,199
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,710
Less than 1 year of college: 1,956
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,290
Associate degree: 1,331
Bachelor's degree: 2,031
Master's degree: 652
Professional school degree: 236
Doctorate degree: 71

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 22.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 14.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 35.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 11.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 23.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 23.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 20.8%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $30,826
Black householders: $21,553
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $15,500
Asian householders: $29,583
Some other race householders: $28,906
Two or more races householders: $24,531
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $26,442

Canton household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Canton household income for Black or African American householders

Canton household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Canton household income for Asian householders

Canton household income for some other race householders

Canton household income for two or more races householders

Canton household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Canton marital status for males

Canton marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $68,400
Black or African American householders: $55,400
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $64,300
Asian householders: $78,600
Some other race householders: $107,800
Two or more races householders: $58,800
Hispanic or Latino householders: $66,500

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 23,812
One, attached: 1,006
Two: 3,726
3 or 4: 1,926
5 to 9: 1,660
10 to 19: 1,472
20 to 49: 561
50 or more: 1,235
Mobile homes: 79

Median worth of mobile homes: $38,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Canton:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (97%)
Electricity (2%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (74%)
Electricity (22%)
Other fuel (2%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 924

Here:	9.1%
Ohio:	14.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 404

Here:	9.5%
Ohio:	10.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,388

Here:	43.7%
Ohio:	23.4%

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)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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