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Canton city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Canton city is a Census city of 13,144 people across 8.39 square miles of land, in Fulton County. Median household income is $53,254, 67.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $152,000.
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Canton
What Canton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.39 sq mi
- Water area0.51 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,566
- County holding the largest share of its areaFulton 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
- Population13,144
- Median age45.9
- Population under 181,730
- Share under 1813.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,967
- Share 65 and over22.6 percent
- Households5,523
- Family households3,152
- Share of households that are families57.1 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$53,254
- Per capita income$30,753
- Civilian labor force5,407
- Employed5,016
- Unemployed391 plus or minus 139
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over10,253
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Canton
- Housing units6,274
- Occupied units5,523
- Vacant units751 plus or minus 193
- Vacancy rate12.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied3,726
- Renter occupied1,797
- Ownership rate67.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$766
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.3 percent
- Single family units5,200
- Share single family82.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,022 plus or minus 235
- Share in buildings of two or more16.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Mobile homes52 plus or minus 70
- Median year structure built1958
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 commute4,741
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,802
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,410 plus or minus 321
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Drove alone84.4 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Canton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$152,000
- Average approval$152,000
- Median approval$152,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$152,000
- Largest approval$152,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Canton borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,080,000
- Average approval$360,000
- Median approval$350,000
- Largest approval$493,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood programme status in Canton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170242
- Currently effective map date02/04/11(M)
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.
Fulton County, not Canton
Fulton County context, not Canton figures
These are Fulton 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 Fulton County596
- Employment at those establishments, Fulton County6,400
- Covered employment, Fulton County8,642
- Average annual pay, Fulton County$44,887
- Average weekly wage, Fulton County$863
- Housing units permitted, Fulton County13
- Of those, single family, Fulton County13
- County product, 2024, Fulton County$1,138,305,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fulton County3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fulton County$42,724
Every figure in this section is published for Fulton 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, Illinois?
13,144, in 5,523 households. Canton city covers 8.39 square miles of land, which is 1,566 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?
Fulton 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?
$53,254. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,100. Median gross rent is $766 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?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $152,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $152,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.1 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?
No rate is published for Canton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Canton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Canton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170242, 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 Fulton 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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