Photo: Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0Households in Canton Township have lower incomes than those in 71% of U.S. towns
Only 6% stay in Canton Township for work; outside it, Canton is the main destination (21%, 4 miles). Poverty touches 9.2% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Canton Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Canton Township: the gist
Canton Township and Canton trade workers both ways
Canton is the top workplace for Canton Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Canton Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Canton Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Canton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Canton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Canton Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canton Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #474 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Canton Township’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,760, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canton Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Commuting out of Canton Township: the destinations
Where Canton Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Canton Township
4,787 jobs are based in Canton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canton Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,100 → 4,787. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Canton Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 5,527 residents head out to work, 339 work right here, and 4,448 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,997 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Canton Township’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Canton Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canton Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #634 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,377 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Canton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Canton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Canton Township ranks 1,196th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,194 | Jersey Township IL | 10,005 | $74K | 11.1% | 1.2% | 26% | B |
| 1,195 | Williamstown MA | 9,186 | $107K | 11.2% | 2.1% | 40% | B |
| 1,196 | Canton Township OH | 12,452 | $62K | 9.2% | 3.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,197 | Marysville MI | 9,868 | $67K | 6.4% | 3.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,198 | Sellersburg IN | 10,305 | $72K | 6.9% | 5.5% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Canton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 27% of Canton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Township | – | B | C | 21 min | $61,760 |
| Canton | 21% | C− | A− | 19 min | $43,188 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $75,306 |
| Osnaburg Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $72,281 |
| Perry Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $68,771 |
| Plain Township | 3% | A− | B | 21 min | $74,848 |
| Meyers Lake | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Meyers Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Canton. Darker towns draw more of Canton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Canton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canton Township?
$61,760 (±$8,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canton Township?
9.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canton Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (21%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (10%, 10 mi), Massillon (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canton Township walkable?
Canton Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canton Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canton Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.