Canton, New York.
Typical home $198,808 (+6.6% in a year). Ogdensburg-Massena, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$577 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,241 +7%
- $186,567$198,808 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $45,449 +30%
- $153,359$198,808 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Canton$1,043
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Canton, NY rose 6.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York
Canton is a village of 7,155 people in St. Lawrence County. Unemployment in St. Lawrence County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Canton is a village in northern New York, and it is a young place: residents are far younger on average than in most American communities, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Homes here cost less than in much of the country, and the typical commute is short. Winters are cold and snowy, with January highs well below freezing, while July afternoons turn comfortably warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with restaurants, hotels and shops close behind. Some of the biggest workplaces in Canton are St Lawrence University, Canton Central School District and United Helpers. Across St. Lawrence County, unemployment is about where it was a year ago, and the number of jobs has barely moved.
Things to do. The Little River and Tracy Brook run in or beside town, which makes a walk by the water easy to fit into a day. A longer drive brings you to Higley Flow State Park, a protected area, and to Black Lake. The Frederic Remington Art Museum is also a longer drive away, and it is a good stop for anyone who likes American art.
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- 2,029households
- 54%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 13 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Lawrence County had 34,712 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 27° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 77 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Canton Southeast weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Canton
- St Lawrence UniversityUniversity or college756
- Canton Central School DistrictSchool district230FTE
- United HelpersSkilled nursing facilities125
- GolubGrocery stores83
- Best Western University INNHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities82
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 290 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of CantonRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Canton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on St. Lawrence County and the Ogdensburg-Massena, NY metro.
Canton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Canton$198,808
- New York$524,942
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Canton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Canton28.33%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Canton33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Canton9
Zip codes with a Canton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Canton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.