Canton township, Lincoln County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 38.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 456 (1% urban, 99% rural)
| Males: 228 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 228 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 456 (382 owner occupied, 74 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Canton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
Median age of males: 36.2
Median age of females: 34.8
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Average household size: 2.90
| Canton township: | 2.9 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.18
| Canton township: | $74,549 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $746 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $193,279 (it was $103,500 in 2000)
| : | $193,279 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Forest Hill Cemetery (1), Canton Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Beaver Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
90% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 414
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 80
- South: 4
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 174
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 53 (7 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Health care (28%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (14%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Communications equipment operators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- Norwegian (31.3%)
- German (24.5%)
- French (except Basque) (17.8%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (4.5%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- Danish (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 245 (86%)
- Carpooled: 29 (10%)
- Worked at home: 10 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (10%)
98.3% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 514- In family households: 495 (153 male householders, 13 female householders)
153 spouses, 176 children (168 natural, 8 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 15 female householders (11 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 4 2-persons,
119 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (3 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |