Rents are 13% below what Canton's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,898 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Canton usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 0.7% above it in June, about $30 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Canton is 2% below its high of $1,936 in February 2025, at $1,898 as of September 2026.
Rent in Canton changed -1.0% over the year to September 2026. Across the 115 Georgia cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.3%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Canton rose 39.8% while median household income rose 30.7% ($61,259 to $80,091). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Canton is 37% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($80,091) is $2,002 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,915); a 3-bedroom is $2,305.
Roswell, 14 miles away, rents for 10% less ($1,706/mo), about $2,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Canton. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Canton, GA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 32.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Canton, GA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Canton, GA has shifted from $1,556 to $1,898, up 22.0% since 2021. On the earnings side, the typical household in Canton, GA now reports about $80,091, up from $67,355 in 2021. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Canton, GA adding about 3,399 residents over the five-year window, up 10.5% on net. The renter share has eased from 47.6% to 44.4%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 29.1% to 32.3% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Canton, GA reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Canton is $1,898/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,665/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,915/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,730/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,305/mo.
At 28% of local median household income ($80,091/yr), Canton ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.0% over the past year.
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