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Canton city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Canton city is a Census city of 35,741 people across 18.60 square miles of land, in Cherokee County. Median household income is $80,091, 55.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 154 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $102.8 m.
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Canton
What Canton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area18.6 sq mi
- Water area0.7 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,921
- County holding the largest share of its areaCherokee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Canton
- Population35,741
- Median age34.5
- Population under 189,569
- Share under 1826.8 percent
- Population 65 and over5,156
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households12,398
- Family households8,586
- Share of households that are families69.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Canton
- Median household income$80,091
- Per capita income$34,479
- Civilian labor force18,211
- Employed17,352
- Unemployed859 plus or minus 394
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over22,782
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Canton
- Housing units13,255
- Occupied units12,398
- Vacant units857 plus or minus 442
- Vacancy rate6.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied6,896
- Renter occupied5,502
- Ownership rate55.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$407,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,680
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.2 percent
- Single family units9,068
- Share single family68.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,926
- Share in buildings of two or more29.6 percent
- Mobile homes243 plus or minus 170
- Median year structure built2005
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Canton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute13,561
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,923
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,611
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.4 percent
- Drove alone61.5 percent
- Carpooled15.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home19.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Canton (7(a))
- Approvals154
- Gross approval$102,845,600
- Average approval$667,829
- Median approval$317,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,850,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,597
- Jobs per approval10.4
- Loans with a final outcome26
- Paid in full26
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.4 percent
- Share to franchises23.4 percent
- Distinct lenders64
- Distinct industries by NAICS79
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Canton (504)
- Approvals28
- Gross approval$28,649,000
- Average approval$1,023,179
- Median approval$783,000
- Largest approval$4,527,000
- Jobs supported337
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs7
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Canton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130039
- Currently effective map date06/07/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cherokee County, not Canton
Cherokee County context, not Canton figures
These are Cherokee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Canton measurements.
- Establishments in Cherokee County6,550
- Employment at those establishments, Cherokee County67,429
- Covered employment, Cherokee County74,280
- Average annual pay, Cherokee County$54,283
- Average weekly wage, Cherokee County$1,044
- Housing units permitted, Cherokee County2,665
- Of those, single family, Cherokee County1,796
- County product, 2024, Cherokee County$13,256,652,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cherokee County9.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cherokee County$90,694
Every figure in this section is published for Cherokee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Canton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Canton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Canton, Georgia?
35,741, in 12,398 households. Canton city covers 18.60 square miles of land, which is 1,921 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Canton in?
Cherokee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Canton?
$80,091. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $407,800. Median gross rent is $1,680 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Canton businesses?
154 7(a) approvals totalling $102.8 m, across 64 lenders, median approval $317,000, plus 28 504 approvals worth $28.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Canton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Canton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 26 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Canton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Canton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130039, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Canton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cherokee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Canton.
Is zoning published for Canton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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