West Canton is home to 1,412 people in North Carolina. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 52%. The foreign-born share is 1%. Median household income is $34,464, under the $82,259 national median. At a median age of 42.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $34,464, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 41%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West Canton
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants82.8% → 70.6%(−12.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share99.4% → 89.4%(−9.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$45,301 → $34,464(−24%)US over the same years: +14%
West Canton's population equals 2.3% of Haywood County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.9% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.1%(11)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.8%(32)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.8%(5)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 73 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
West Canton, decade by decade
West Canton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,162
$45,301
$123,844
0.0%
1.5
2000
1,156
$55,914
$139,721
4.5%
7.4
2010
1,247
$65,226
$196,365
7.8%
6.5
2020
1,265
$38,583
$181,563
9.3%
24.7
2024
1,412
$34,464
$197,000
15.4%
24.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
