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Canton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Canton city is a Census city of 4,545 people across 6.16 square miles of land, in Van Zandt County. Median household income is $51,027, 68.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.2 m.
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Canton
What Canton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.16 sq mi
- Water area0.47 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land738
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Zandt 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
- Population4,545
- Median age36.5
- Population under 181,147 plus or minus 289
- Share under 1825.2 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Population 65 and over819 plus or minus 225
- Share 65 and over18.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households1,784
- Family households1,007
- Share of households that are families56.4 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$51,027 plus or minus $21,853
- Per capita income$30,088
- Civilian labor force1,987
- Employed1,973
- Unemployed14 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over3,039
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Canton
- Housing units1,974
- Occupied units1,784
- Vacant units190 plus or minus 121
- Vacancy rate9.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied1,222
- Renter occupied562 plus or minus 192
- Ownership rate68.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$219,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,027 plus or minus $234
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.2 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Single family units1,551
- Share single family78.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more423 plus or minus 179
- Share in buildings of two or more21.4 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1978
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 commute1,688
- Commuting under 15 minutes436 plus or minus 158
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more913 plus or minus 210
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.1 percent
- Drove alone79.4 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
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
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$8,208,500
- Average approval$912,056
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,588,000
- Largest approval$2,588,000
- Jobs supported71
- Jobs per approval7.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more44.4 percent
- Share to franchises11.1 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,473,000
- Average approval$368,250
- Median approval$344,000
- Largest approval$776,000
- Jobs supported81
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
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 number480632
- Currently effective map date12/17/10
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.
Van Zandt County, not Canton
Van Zandt County context, not Canton figures
These are Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt County1,007
- Employment at those establishments, Van Zandt County9,632
- Covered employment, Van Zandt County12,815
- Average annual pay, Van Zandt County$45,624
- Average weekly wage, Van Zandt County$877
- Housing units permitted, Van Zandt County100
- Of those, single family, Van Zandt County94
- County product, 2024, Van Zandt County$1,935,400,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Zandt County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Zandt County$76,015
Every figure in this section is published for Van Zandt 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, Texas?
4,545, in 1,784 households. Canton city covers 6.16 square miles of land, which is 738 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?
Van Zandt 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?
$51,027. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $219,900. Median gross rent is $1,027 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?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $8.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.5 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 2 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 480632, 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 Van Zandt 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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