Canton is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,841 people and four associated neighborhoods, Canton is the 429th largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Canton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in Canton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.51 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Canton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Canton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.51% of adults in Canton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Canton in 2022 was $30,088, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,352 for a family of four. However, Canton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Canton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Canton include English, Irish, German, French, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Canton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.