Canal Fulton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 5,300 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, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Canal Fulton who work in office and administrative support (14.92%), management occupations (10.88%), and sales jobs (7.74%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.13% 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. Canal Fulton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Canal Fulton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.90% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Canal Fulton in 2022 was $34,862, 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 $139,448 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 Scottish. The most common language spoken in Canal Fulton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
