Canton township, Wayne County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 76,366 (99% urban, 1% rural)
| Males: 37,800 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 38,566 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 76,280 (63,943 owner occupied, 12,337 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Canton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 82.3%
- Black: 4.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 8.7%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.3%
- Two or more races: 1.7%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 33.4
Median age of females: 33.6
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Average household size: 2.77
| Canton township: | 2.8 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.26
| Canton township: | $40,487 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $619 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $78,100 (it was $96,200 in 2000)
| : | $78,100 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $120,358
Here: $120,358 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $111,214
Here: $111,214 State: $138,735
In 2-unit structures: $57,191
Here: $57,191 State: $89,877
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $79,956
Here: $79,956 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $106,571
Here: $106,571 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $40,569
Here: $40,569 State: $33,033
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $41,520
Here: $41,520 State: $40,667
| Population density: 2122 people per square mile | (very high). |
| This township: | 6.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Canton.
77% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 263
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 25
- South: 2
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Canton township, Michigan:
- 52 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 112
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,500
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 18 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (17%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (55.6%)
- English (9.7%)
- Swedish (7.0%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Danish (4.3%)
- Czech (3.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 132 (76%)
- Carpooled: 25 (14%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Canton township, Michigan:
- 52 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in homes for the physically handicapped
97.7% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 312- In family households: 297 (87 male householders, 17 female householders)
85 spouses, 101 children (99 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 15 (9 male householders (7 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 2 2-persons,
18,405 married couples with children.
2,910 single-parent households (588 men, 2,322 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |