Canal Fulton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 5,333 people and two associated neighborhoods, Canal Fulton is the 260th largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Canal Fulton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Canal Fulton is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Canal Fulton who work in office and administrative support (16.64%), business and financial occupations (10.14%), and management occupations (8.75%). Also of interest is that Canal Fulton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Canal Fulton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.43% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Canal Fulton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Canal Fulton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Canal Fulton, 24.90% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Canal Fulton in 2022 was $36,562, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,248 for a family of four. However, Canal Fulton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Canal Fulton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canal Fulton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Canal Fulton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Canal Fulton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
